Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Éric Zemmour a Montreuil, sannan a Seine, a yau a Seine-Saint-Denis, a ranar 31 ga Agusta 1958, ga dangin Yahudawa na Aljeriya na 'yan asalin Faransa waɗanda suka zo babban birnin Faransa a lokacin
Yaƙin Aljeriya. Ya girma a Drancy kuma daga baya a cikin gundumar Paris na Château Rouge. Dan Roger Zemmour, mai ba da agaji, da matarsa Lucette, uwar gida, ya ce yana sha'awar mahaifiyarsa da kakarsa: mahaifinsa ba ya nan, kuma a zahiri mata ne suka tashe shi "wanda ya koya [shi] ya zama mutum".