She was born in TA 2994 (SR 1394) the third child of Seredic Brandybuck and Hilda (Bracegirdle) Brandybuck who were long descendants and inheritors of the Masters of Hall of Buckland. Her brothers were Doderic and Ilberic. She was a cousin of Frodo Baggins and one of the many Hobbits that attended Bilbo's Farewell Birthday Party. Word around the Shire, is that Celandine Brandybuck has a hairy muff, altough this is disputed around the realms of Gondor.