 Carmen was born on May 18, 1925 in Mexico City as a member of an old and aristocratic family from French and Spanish origins.She was the first born of a total of the 4 children that Edelmira De Sandoval Y Paullada Escoffier and Lorenzo Barajas y De Fernán Nuñez had.The family home was located in the premises that today holds Mexico city's Stamp Museum.