Berenschot was the son of Gerrit Hendrik Berenschot, a Dutch officer in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ("Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger"-KNIL), and Florence Mildred Rappa.
Berenschot was the son of a Dutch officer in the KNIL. G. J. Berenschot was the son of Gerrit Hendrik Berenschot and Florence Mildred Rappa.