While he was still a very young child, his father Jacques Fréchet was appointed as head of a Protestant school in Paris and the family moved there with high expectations of a good future.
Habang siya ay napakabata pa ng bata, ang kanyang ama Jacques Fréchet ay hinirang bilang pinuno ng isang Protestante paaralan sa Paris at ang pamilya inilipat doon na may mataas na inaasahan ng isang magandang hinaharap.