nativ was born as moise vegh in 1932 in a petrova, a small village in central transylvania, romania. his parents, tzila and yitzchak vegh (), were orthodox jews. at the age of 3 his family moved to botoșani. at the age of 14, inspired by the zionist movement, native ran away from home and immigrated to israel. he fulfilled his plan through the youth aliyah in 1946. in 1951, he was joined by his brother and parents.