Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A mụrụ Martelly na Cote de Fer, nwa Gerard Martelly, onye isi Shell Oil na Marie Madeleine Martelly ("née" De Pradines, b. 1931 <unk> d. 21 Ọktoba 2016). N'akụkụ nne ya, nna nna ya bụ Auguste de Pradines bụ onye na-egwu egwu egwu nke dere egwu egwu na-emegide mmegide United States na-arụ na Haiti na 1915-1934
Ọ dị mma. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Institution Saint Louis de Gonzague, Martelly debara aha ya n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị agha Haiti, mana (dịka Martelly si kwuo) a chụpụrụ ya mgbe ọ tụụrụ nwa nwanyị onye isi. N'afọ 1984, ọ kwagara United States, wee rụọ ọrụ na-ewu ụlọ ma gaa obere oge na kọleji obodo na Miami. Na 1986, mgbe otu ọkara afọ gasịrị, ọ gbara nwunye mbụ ya, bụ́ nwa amaala America, alụkwaghịm ma laghachi na Haiti dị nnọọ ka Jean-Claude Duvalier, bụ́ onye isi ala ruo mgbe ọ ga-anwụ, na-aga n'ala ọzọ. N'afọ 1987, Martelly laghachiri Miami na enyi ya nwanyị n'oge ahụ, Sophia Saint-Rémy, onye ọ mechara lụọ na obere emume na Miami, Florida. Ha laghachiri Heiti n'afọ 1988.