India, April 30 -- Robert De Niro's daughter, Airyn, in an interview with Them, opened up about being transgender.

Airyn, one of De Niro's seven children, is the daughter of actress Toukie Smith and twin sister to Julian. She has spent most of her life away from the spotlight.

"Obviously, no parent is perfect, but I am grateful that both my parents agreed to keep me out of the limelight," she told Them. "They have told me they wanted me to have as much of a normal childhood as possible."

Still, being Robert De Niro's daughter comes with attention-much of it uninformed or presumptive. Following a recent misreporting, Airyn said, "They just sort of reminded me that people really don't know anything about me."

To some, Airyn may appear t...