Family
Both her parents were Cuban citizens of Basque descent. Her paternal grandfather, Francisco Saralegui Arrizubieta emigrated to Cuba from Lizartza, Spain, a small village in the Basque Country. Her paternal grandmother, Amalia Alvarez, was born in Gijon, Spain and raised in Camaguey, Cuba. During her childhood, Saralegui was raised in the Miramar neighborhood of Havana. She has two brothers, Patxi and Inaki, as well as two sisters, Vicky and Maria Eugenia.
Since 1982, Saralegui has been married to Marcos Avila, a former member of the Miami Sound Machine. She has three children: Cristina Amalia (nicknamed "Titi", from Saralegui's first marriage to Tony Menendez), Jon Marcos, and Stephanie (Marco's daughter from a previous marriage).
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