Samuels was born in Newport Beach, California, lives in Villa Park, California, and is Jewish."Joshua Samuels; Water Polo," teamusa.org. His parents are Elizabeth Kugler (who played softball for U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Davis) and Martin Samuels. He has an older brother, Albert (who competed for the Loyola Marymount men's water polo team), and older sister, Angela (who competed for the Loyola Marymount women's swimming team). He now works as an associate for Orion Property Partners.
