Her parents, Roy and Ruth Howell, were raised as Bible Students, and her grandparents were also Bible Students and friends of Brother Charles Taze Russell.
وقد تربى والداها روي وروث هاول كتلميذين للكتاب المقدس ،‏ اذ كان والدوهما ايضا تلاميذ للكتاب المقدس وأصدقاء للأخ تشارلز تاز رصل .‏