Saoirse learned of her heritage as a daughter of Amber, though Amber¹s role in the universe did not become apparent until she began lessons to prepare her for the Pattern, administered primarily by Brand.
Saoirse is the daughter of Benedict (Royal House Barimen of Amber) and Silken (House Laumann of Lucerne), a woman from the mountainous shadow of Karlsruhe.
Saoirse never could quite understand their language well enough to pronounce the names that they called each other and, no doubt, the names given to the Minerals were racial epithets of some sort.
Saoirse was born into the pureblooded Delaine family, the only daughter of her parents, but with two much older half-siblings from a previous marriage of her father.
Her father and mother, both high-level ministry officials, were often busy in her youth, but her mother's sister and niece also lived in the same household, and the two girls were so close in age that they grew up almost as twins.
In her first year, Saoirse has proven herself quite accomplished at the practical aspects of charms, transfiguration, defense against the dark arts and potions.