Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Maria Kuncewiczowa i te Oketopa 30, 1895 i Samara, Russian Empire. I whakaraua ōna mātua ki Rūhia mō te whai wāhi ki te
I te Hanuere 1863 Te whakaekenga o Polani, ka hoki te whanau ki Warsaw i a ia e 2 tau te pakeke. Ko ona maatua he mema o te akomanga maatauranga Polish, te akomanga matauranga rawakore ranei. Ko tana whaea he kaiwaiata puoro i whakarere i tana umanga ki te whakatipu whanau, koinei tetahi mea i kukume ai a Kuncewiczowa ki te puoro i a ia e tamariki ana. I ako ia i te puoro me te tuhinga i Kraków, Warsaw me Paris i mua i tana kowhiri i tetahi mahi tuhituhi.