 His family had been naval officers for six generations, including several ancestors holding the rank of Admiral.His father was of Andalusian ancestry.After relocating to Galicia, the family was strongly involved in the Spanish Navy, and over the span of two centuries produced naval officers for six uninterrupted generations, down to Franco's father Nicolás Franco y Salgado Araújo (22 November 1855 – 22 February 1942).