Her maternal grandparents, the Dewitt G.TenBrooks, had moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1910 from New York. Her mother, Myrtle Tenbrook, was raised in Fort Lauderdale.
Her maternal grandparents, the Dewitt G.TenBrooks, relocated to Fort Lauderdale in 1910 from New York. Her mother, Myrtle Tenbrook, was raised in a similar environment.