His father was Diego Flores de Abrego, and his mother was Josefa Flores de Valdez. His mother in law sued him for taking cattle from her ranch: https://digitalcollections.briscoecenter.org/item/357656?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=377a6c0a77bdcb840fd1&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=5#page/1/mode/2up