Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Mihai Pelin a ƙarshen watan Agusta 1940 a Cernăuți, wanda
Soviet Union ta mamaye shi watanni biyu da suka gabata. Mahaifinsa, Spiridon, ma'aikacin layin dogo ne yayin da mahaifiyarsa matar gida ce, kuma wani ɓangare na danginsa suna da asalin Poland da Jamusawa. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Pelin ya ciyar da lokacinsa tare da kakarsa a Bessarabia tare da sojojin Jamus, kafin ya tafi Bucharest a 1944.