Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Adèle Paulina Mekarska a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 1839, a Clermont-Ferrand. Mahaifinta, Count Jean Nepomucène Mekarski, jami'in Poland ne wanda ya tafi gudun hijira bayan rashin nasarar tayar da kayar baya na Poland na 1830; dangin sarki na ƙarshe na Poland, Stanislas II ne. Mahaifiyarta ta kasance mai daraja, Jeanne-Blanche Cornelly de la Perrière. Iyayen Adèle 'yan sassaucin ra'ayi ne masu wayewa waɗanda kamar sun zama masu bin ra'ayin gurguzu na Henri de Saint-Simon. Adèle ya sami ilimi sosai, galibi daga masu koyar da kansa. Tana da 'yan'uwa biyu, Louis da Jules; duka sun shiga cikin
Tashin hankali na Poland na 1863 da kuma a cikin Paris Commune.