She is the mother and first teacher of Marija Šerifović who was the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
Verica Šerifović's repertoire consists mostly of folk songs.
Her first marriage was to Rajko Šerifović, a drummer from Kragujevac of mixed Muslim-Orthodox parentage.
[1] Verica had four miscarriages and, with her fifth pregnancy, gave birth to a daughter, Marija, on 14 November 1984.
[2] Marija has described her father as an abusive alcoholic that would regularly beat Verica.