Williams, who was born in Northern Ireland's darkest period, had a Catholic mother and a Protestant father. Her parents 'respect for each other's religious faith allowed her to view the stances of the different camps with an equal vision as she was growing up.
生於北愛爾蘭最黑暗時代的威廉斯，母親是天主教徒，父親則是新教徒；父母分歧但彼此尊重的宗教信仰，讓她從小以平等的眼光看待不同陣營的主張。