 Her maternal grandparents fled from Germany to New Zealand in 1938 (her maternal grandfather's family's history can be traced back to the late sixteenth century in Germany).The family lived in Obernkirchen and Hildesheim.Jüdisches Leben in der Provinz contains genealogy of the Adler’s family history in Obernkirchen as well as other Jews from the province of Schaumberg with a contribution by Filler.