Early Life
Gabrielle Weidner was born in Brussels as the daughter to Dutch parents. She grew up in Switzerland, close to the French border at Collonges-sous-Salève - a village in the French department of Haute-Savoie where her father, Johan Henry Weidner Sr. taught Latin and Greek at the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was sent to secondary school in London and as a result of her bi-lingual background, spoke several languages.
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