Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Francisco Javier Arana Castro i te 3 o Tihema 1905 i Villa Canales, Guatemala. Ko ona maatua, ko Ángel María Arana raua ko Margarita Castro, no te whanau o raro-waenganui-akomanga. E rua nga mea i a ia
He taonga tuku iho Paniora, he taonga tuku iho ā-iwi hoki, ā, ko te āhuatanga whakamutunga i kitea nui ake. Kaore ia i whai maatauranga, engari he pai te panui, a i whakaahuatia e ona hoa noho rite te mohio me te mohio, me te tangata whai kiko me te tangata. I whakaahuatia ia hei kaikorero tūmatanui kore, engari hei tangata tino whakatikatika i roto i nga korerorero piri. I te 1946, i te wa o te Huringa Guatemalan, i whakaahuatia e tetahi kaimahi o te tari o te United States tana kaupapa here hei iwi, me te mea he iti noa te pro-American.