Between the ages of three and seven, Copeland lived in Bellflower, California, with her mother and her mother's third husband, Harold Brown, a Santa Fe Railroad sales executive.
Medzi tretím a siedmym rokom života Copelandová žila v kalifornskom Bellflower so svojou matkou a jej tretím manželom, Haroldom Brownom, obchodným riaditeľom v Santa Fe Railroad.