When Adetona Iyanda- Opo Alegenibi was born about 1853, in Igbeti, Oyo, Nigeria, his father, Alegenibi, was 30 and his mother, Mrs Alegenibi, was 20. He married Ajibabi Abebi- Ika about 1888, in Igbeti, Oyo, Nigeria. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1966, in his hometown, at the age of 113.