 His wife, Angelita, was a singer and stage actress who had studied at Málaga's Royal Academy of Fine Arts.After secretly obtaining an American visa, the family secured permission to visit an ailing relative in Portugal in 1957.However, rather than returning to Spain, the family settled in Southern California, and Celedonio and his three sons Celin, Pepe, and Angel started a guitar quartet, The Romeros, and also began to take on guitar students.