A more recent biography by Hélène Tierchant (2009) suggests her father may have been a young man named De Morel, whose family members were notable shipowners and merchants in Le Havre. According to Bernhardt's autobiography, her grandmother and uncle in Le Havre provided financial support for her education when she was young, took part in family councils about her future, and later gave her money when her apartment in Paris was destroyed by fire.
A more recent biography by Hélène Tierchant (2009) suggests her father may have been a young man named De Morel whose family members were notable shipowners and merchants in Le Havre According to Bernhardt's autobiography her grandmother and uncle in Le Havre provided financial support for her education when she was young took part in family councils about her future and later gave her money when her apartment in Paris was destroyed by fire