 Her grandfather, the painter Danckwart Pasch (d. 1727), had emigrated to Sweden from Lübeck.After the death of her grandfather in 1727, the family studio had been managed by her paternal grandmother Judith Larsdotter until it was taken over by her paternal uncle, Johan Pasch, in 1734.Her cousin, Margareta Stafhell, was a Chalcography artist.