When Manoel Americo Faustino Filho was born on 20 January 1917, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, his father, Manoel Americo Faustino, was 21 and his mother, Rosa Americo Faustino, was 18. He had at least 1 son with Raimunda Ramos da Silva. He died on 5 June 1987, in his hometown, at the age of 70.