When Eugenio Desentis Gonzalez was born on 28 September 1897, in Tulancingo, Tulancingo de Bravo, Hidalgo, Mexico, his father, Eugenio Desentis Sotomayor, was 30 and his mother, Luz Gonzalez Gonzalez, was 31. He married Maria Enriqueta Estela Veytia Soto on 10 September 1921, in Tulancingo de Bravo, Hidalgo, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 28 September 1969, in Tulancingo, Tulancingo de Bravo, Hidalgo, Mexico, at the age of 72.