His mother Selma came from a family of Austrian Jews, while his father, Bernard Weil, was a medical doctor. André fell in love with mathematics at an early age, and he writes that by the age of ten he was passionately addicted to it.
Kanyang ina Selma nagmula sa isang pamilya ng Austrian Judio, habang ang kanyang ama, Bernard Weil, ay isang medikal na doktor. Andre Nahulog sa pag-ibig sa matematika sa isang maagang edad, siya at magsusulat na ng edad ng sampung siya ay passionately pusakal na ito.