Yu Chieh-ying's husband is a Taiwan manager in the electronics industry. After their eldest son graduated with a PhD from Tsinghua University in Beijing he remained in Shanghai for work. It wasn't until Yu retired in 2005 from Fubon Financial that she came to Shanghai to join her husband and left their second son in Taiwan to finish up his studies at Fu Jen Catholic University.
于潔瑛的先生是電子業的台幹，大兒子北京清華大學博士班畢業後也留在上海工作，她則直到 2005 年從富邦金控退休，才來到上海陪伴老公，將二兒子獨自留在台灣輔仁大學繼續未完成的學業。