 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Juan José León Félix Ramón Olazábal Ramery akaberekerwa mumhuri yakakurumbira yeGipuzkoan, yakakura kwazvo uye yakaroora nedzimwe mhuri dzinoverengeka dzinozivikanwa dzemuno. Baba vake, Juan Antonio Olazábal Arteaga, vaiva nenzvimbo dzakawanda kumabvazuva kwedunhu racho. Pashure porufu rwake rwokutanga muna 1867, Juan nevanununa vake vakarerwa namai vavo, Prudencia Ramery Zuzuarregui. Pakutanga kweHondo yechitatu yeCarlistmhuri yacho yakatsvaka utiziro muFrance. Kutevera kudzoka kwavo kuSpain Juan akadzidziswa mukoreji yeJesuit muOrduña, kwaakasangana ndokuita hushamwari naSabino Arana, kuti aenderere mberi nezvidzidzo zvemutemo mune imwe yunivhesiti yeJesuit, Colegio del Pasaxe muGalician A Guarda. Iye ipapo akatamira kuMadrid, kupedza kudzidza muna 1885. 