Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Kalniete ne a Togur, Gundumar Kolpashevsky, Tomsk Oblast, Siberia, Rasha, inda 'yan sandan asirin Soviet suka fitar da iyalinta daga Latvia a lokacin da Soviet Union ta mamaye ƙasarsu, don amfani da ita a matsayin aikin bayi. Mahaifiyarta Ligita Kalniete (née Dreifelde, 1926-2006) an fara fitar da ita tare da mahaifiyarta da mahaifinta
a 1941, bayan da Ligita ya dawo a 1948, kawai don a sake tura shi a 1949. Mahaifinta Aivars Kalnietis (an haife shi a 1931) an kore shi tare da mahaifiyarsa a shekarar 1949. Ta ga mahaifarta ne kawai lokacin da take da shekaru biyar, lokacin da aka ba iyalinta damar komawa a 1957.