 She was the daughter of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861–1933) and Douglas Robinson Jr. (1855–1918).She was one of four children born to her parents, including New York State Senator Theodore Douglas Robinson (1883–1934), who married their distant cousin, Helen Rebecca Roosevelt (1881–1962), daughter of Rosey Roosevelt and Helen Schermerhorn Astor.Her maternal grandparents were Theodore Roosevelt Sr., a businessman and philanthropist, and socialite Martha (née Bulloch) Roosevelt.