Dániel was born in July 1828 in Sitke and his baptism took place there on July 10th, 1828.1 Dániel's father was Pál Nagy and his mother was Julianna Noszlopi. He had five brothers and two sisters, named Lajos, Károly, József, Gábor, Pál, Zsuzsanna and Ágnes. He was the youngest of the eight children.