António Variações was born in Lugar do Pilar, a small village in Fiscal (Amares, Braga), the fifth of ten children of Deolinda de Jesus and Jaime Ribeiro.
António Variações wurde in Lugar do Pilar, einer kleinen Ortschaft in Fiscal (Amares, Braga) als fünftes von zehn Kindern von Deolinda de Jesus und Jaime Ribeiro geboren.