Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kalniete akaberekerwa kuTogur, Kolpashevsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Siberia, Russia, uko mhuri yake yakanga yaendeswa kuLatvia nemapurisa akavanzika eSoviet panguva yaigara nyika yavo neSoviet Union, kuti vashandiswe sevaranda. Amai vake Ligita Kalniete (née Dreifelde, 1926-2006) vakatanga kudzingwa pamwe chete naamai vake nababa muna 1941
, pashure pacho Ligita akadzoka muna 1948, kungodzingwazve muna 1949. Baba vake Aivars Kalnietis (vakazvarwa muna 1931) vakadzingwa pamwe chete naamai vake muna 1949 zvakare. Akaona nyika yokumusha kwake bedzi apo akanga ava namakore mashanu okukura, apo mhuri yakabvumirwa kudzokera muna 1957.