Wood was born Natalie Zacharenko in San Francisco, California, on July 20, 1938,Registry, CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Accessed October 18, 2022. the daughter of Russian parents Maria Zudilova (1908–1998) and Nicholas Zacharenko (1912–1980). Her mother (who also used the names Mary, Marie, and Musia) was from Barnaul. Wood's maternal grandfather owned soap and candle factories, as well as an estate outside Barnaul. With the start of the Russian Civil War, his family fled Russia for China, settling as refugees in Harbin. Her mother was previously married to Armenian mechanic Alexander Tatuloff from 1925 to 1936.Tatuloff, Alexander (March 16, 1950). Petition for Naturalization, no. 99901. U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852–1989. They had a daughter named Olga (1928–2015) and moved to the U.S. by ship in 1930 before divorcing six years later."Interlocutory Divorce Decrees Granted" . The San Francisco Examiner. March 17, 1936.
