I whanau a Beckham i te Whare Wananga o Whipps Cross University Hospital i Leytonstone, London, Ingarangi. Ko ia te tama a Sandra Georgina (née West; b. 1949), he makawe makawe, me David Edward Alan "Ted" Beckham (b. Edmonton, London, 1948), he kaihoahoa kihini, i marenatia i te London Borough o Hackney i te 1969. He tuahine matua, ko Lynne Georgina, me tetahi tuahine iti, ko Joanne Louise. I takaro ia i te whutupaoro i Ridgeway Park, Chingford, i a ia e tamariki ana, i tae atu ki te Chase Lane Primary School me Chingford County High School. I roto i tetahi uiui i te tau 2007, i kii a Beckham, "I te kura i nga wa katoa i patai nga kaiako, 'He aha taau e hiahia ana ki te mahi?' ka kii ahau, 'E hiahia ana ahau ki te noho hei whutupaoro.' Ka kii a Beckham, 'Kaore, he aha taau e hiahia ana ki te mahi?' i marena i te taone o Hackney i te tau 1969. Ko tana tuahine, ko Lyn
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