“It was definitely a dangerous job,” The Voice Coach said of his father and grandfathers’ profession.

Whether they’re influencing his music or inspiring his tattoos, Michael Bublé’s family means everything to him — starting with his parents.

Over the years, The Voice Coach has emphatically talked about how his mom and dad shaped him into the man he is today and how much he appreciates them. Read on to learn all about Bublé’s parents, the Grammy winner’s childhood, and why his father urged him to not follow in his career footsteps.

Lewis Bublé, Michael Bublé and Amber Bublé pose at the Star Ceremony On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame held on November 16, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Photo: Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images

Who are Michael Bublé’s parents?

Bublé was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada by his parents, father Lewis and mother Amber. Bublé also has two younger sisters, Brandee and Crystal, who he described as “the two best friends any lucky guy could ask for” in a sweet post on Instagram.

In addition to being Canadian, Bublé’s parents are also both of Italian descent. And the singer is so proud of both his Canadian and Italian roots that he obtained his Italian citizenship in 1995.

Bublé’s father worked as a commercial salmon fisherman and his mother was a stay-at-home mom, raising him and his sisters. “Our house was boisterous and at times loud, compared to my friends’ homes, which might not be too surprising, considering our Italian heritage,” Bublé wrote in his 2011 book Onstage, Offstage, via an excerpt published in TODAY.

Michael Bublé’s dad did not want him to follow in his profession

Bublé has described his father’s profession as a commercial salmon fisherman as “dangerous” and similar to the long-running reality series Deadliest Catch. “It was a dangerous job, you’re out in the high seas, in the middle, ya know, going up and down the coast of British Columbia,” Bublé said during an interview on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast. “It was definitely a dangerous job.”

Fishing was a family business; not only was Bublé’s father a fisherman who’d be out at sea for months at a time, but so were his uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather, who immigrated from Italy and built ships. And Bublé himself spent six years working as a fisherman with his dad. While Bublé told Mandel he just “loved it out there” on the ship, his father urged him to pursue a different career path.

“Listen, I was supposed to be a fisherman. I was supposed to go out there and sort of continue [the business],” Bublé said. “My dad would say to me over and over again, ‘Son, I want you to work with your head not your hands … Don’t do what I’m doing, this is too hard, it’s too this, too dangerous, too volatile.’”

So when Bublé started performing in nightclubs as a teen, he said his parents “were thrilled” to see him succeeding in another profession. “Even though it was, like, singing, I think they felt I had enough talent to make a living at it,” he said. “I think my dad was happy that I wasn’t going to be a fisherman, honestly.”

While he didn’t become a fisherman, Bublé wrote in his book that he “learned to act like a man” on his father’s boat: “My dad Lewis taught me that if I acted honourably with people, they would act honourably with me.”