Their parents divorced in 1946 but their father gained custody of Sandro, who was six years old when his father died in the Superga air disaster.
Prindërit e tyre u divorcuan në vitin 1946, por babai fitoi kujdestarinë e Sandros, i cili ishte gjashtë vjeç kur babai i tij vdiq në aksidentin ajëror të Supergës.