 Ignacio Echeverria, called "Abo", was the third of five children.He was the son of Joaquín Echeverria Alonso, an Asturian engineer, and Ana Miralles de Imperial Hornedo, a lawyer.Even though he was born in the Hospital General of Ferrol, La Coruña (Spain), he was entered in the Civil Register of As Pontes de García Rodríguez, a town situated in the northwest of the province.