DeGeneres akaberekwa uye akakurira muMetairie, Louisiana, kuna Elizabeth Jane (née Pfeffer, akaberekwa muna 1930), chiremba wekutaura, uye Elliott Everett DeGeneres (c.1925<unk>2018), mutengesi weinishuwarenzi. Ane hama imwe chete, Vance, muimbi uye mugadziri. Iye ndeweFrance, Chirungu, ChiGerman, uye chizvarwa cheIrish. Akakurira seChristian Scientist. Muna 1973, vabereki vake vakanyorera kuparadzaniswa uye vakarambana gore rakatevera. Pasina nguva, amai vaEllen vakaroora Royess Gruendorf, mutengesi. Betty Jane naEllen Gruessendorf vakatama kubva kuNew Orleans kuenda kuAtlanta, Texas. Vance akagara nababa vake.
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