Berry's maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in the United Kingdom (Sawley, Derbyshire, England), while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins, was born in Ohio.
Njen oče, Jerome Jesse Berry, je bil afro-ameriški bolnišnični spremljevalec v istem psihiatričnem oddelku, kjer je delala njena mama, kasneje pa je postal voznik avtobusa.