Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An haifi Meester a Fort Worth, Texas, zuwa Constance Lynn (née Haas) da Douglas Jay Meester. Mahaifinta dillalin ƙasa ne; mahaifiyarta marubuciya ce. Tana da 'yan'uwa biyu; babban ɗan'uwa, Douglas Logan Meester (an haife shi a 1983), da ƙaramin ɗan'uwa, Alexander "Lex" Meester (an haife shi a 1994). A lokacin da aka haife ta, iyayen Meester suna zaman kurkuku a gidan kurkuku na tarayya saboda shigarsu a cikin ƙungiyar miyagun ƙwayoyi da ke safarar marijuana daga Jamaica zuwa Amurka. Constance ya iya haihuwar Leighton a asibiti kuma ya kula da ita har tsawon watanni uku a cikin gidan rabin gida, kafin ya koma kurkuku don kammala hukuncinsa. Kakanninta na mahaifinta sun kula da Meester a wannan lokacin. Ta ci gaba da cewa iyayenta sun ba ta tarbiyya ta al'ada kuma, duk da laifin da suka gabata, ta ce, "Ya sa na fahimci cewa ba za ku iya yin hukunci da kowa ba - musamman iyayenku - don abin da suka yi a baya, saboda mutane suna canzawa". Ta girma a Marco Island, Florida, inda ta shiga cikin samarwa a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na gida. Iyayenta sun rabu a 1992.Lokacin da take 'yar shekara 11, Meester da' yan uwanta sun koma tare da mahaifiyarsu zuwa Birnin New York. Ta halarci Makarantar Yara ta Kwararru kuma ta fara aiki a matsayin abin koyi tare da Wilhelmina, ta yi rajistar kamfen na Ralph Lauren wanda Bruce Weber ya ɗauka, kuma ta yi aiki tare da mai daukar hoto Sofia Coppola. Meester ya kuma yi tallan tallace-tallace don Tamagotchi da Clearasil, kuma ya yi samfurin don Limited Too tare da Amanda Seyfried. Lokacin da take da shekaru 14, ta koma Los Angeles, California kuma ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Hollywood da Beverly Hills. Daga nan Meester ya koma wani karamin makaranta mai zaman kansa kuma ya kammala karatunsa shekara guda da wuri fiye da yadda aka saba.  Tambaya: Watanni nawa ne aka ƙyale Constance ta shayar da jaririnta?
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