Prior to the birth of her children, the gypsy known as Magda fled their father Magneto, terrified by the recent manifestation of his bizarre powers. Seeking refuge, Magda came upon the scientific citadel of Wundagore in the Balkan Mountains of Transia. Magda gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and named them Pietro and Wanda. Still afraid her estranged husband might hunt them down them, she walked into the frozen mountain wilderness to perish. The children were found and taken in by Bova, a humanoid cow created by the master geneticist known as the High Evolutionary. She was last seen tending to the grave of the Scarlet Witch following her death at the hands of Nemesis.