Early life Daniel James Tyler was born in
Bristol, England on 18 October 1989 after completing his
A-level. he came to Kapas Island. As long as he was there, he volunteered in a chalet. He returned to Pulau Kapas in 2010 There he learned the Terengganu dialect.
Embracing Islam In January 2013, he converted to
Islam with the help from his adopted brother, Zakaria Sulong,
Family He engaged and married Nadifa Adnan, a local Malay girl, on 12 March 2017 at his wife's home in Bukit Chendering, Terengganu. He has a son born on 5 May 2018 at the Salam Specialist Hospital and was named as Muhammad Zayne Danial James Tyler. On 7 November 2020, Mat Dan blessed with second son born at 10.55 MST at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital. He named his second son as Eydan Yusoff bin Daniel James Tyler 20 days later. ==Career==