Winry is a training surgeon and mechanical repair specialist/enthusiast as she is the daughter of Yuriy Rockbell and Sarah Rockbell, two surgeons that worked on the Ishval Civil War, and is the grand-daughter of Pinako Rockbell, a well-known mechanic and surgeon in her youth. She is a girl from Resembool and the close childhood friend of Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric.