When Diosdada Dogcot Atog was born in 1925, in Manay, Davao Oriental, Philippines, her father, Salvador Mapayo Atog, was 21 and her mother, Conchita Dogcot, was 23. She married Florencio Mapayo in 1947, in Manay, Davao Oriental, Philippines. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1955, in her hometown, at the age of 30.