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.
The family of her maternal grandmother, the Dewitt G.TenBrooks, made the move to Fort Lauderdale in 1910 from New York. Her mother, Myrtle Tenbrook, grew up in Fort Lauderdale.