Ita was born in 1903. Ita's father was Herco SZEPS and her mother was Sara Rachel MARKOWLECKA. Her paternal grandparents were Mirl SZEPS and Fiszi WALD. She had three brothers and three sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Yekiel, Fiszel, Moshe, Dora, Roza, Chaja and Tobcia. She was the second youngest of the eight children. She died at the age of 1 in 1904.