When Tekyo Sanico Anonuevo was born on 2 November 1949, in Mahaplag, Leyte, Philippines, his father, Catalino Panday or Talino Añonuevo, was 26 and his mother, Servanda Salabao Sanico, was 27. He died on 6 February 1955, in his hometown, at the age of 5.