Four weeks after Romy's birth, the parents brought her to Schönau am Königssee in Germany where she and later her brother Wolf-Dieter (born 1941) grew up with their grandparents Franz Xaver and Maria Schneider on the country estate . In her first year, Romy was cared for by a governess. Her parents were very rarely present due to their acting engagements. In 1943, they separated and were divorced in 1945.Wolfgang Jacobsen: "Schneider, Romy" in Neue Deutsche Biographie. pp. 306–308 (307) (in German): Ich, Romy – Tagebuch eines Lebens, p. 27. Piper, Munich 2005 (in German)
