hɪz mˈʌðɚ wʌzðə dˈɔːɾɚɹ ʌv ɡiːjˈoʊm mˈoʊɚ lˈɔːɹənt, hˌuː ˈɛmɪɡɹˌeɪɾᵻd fɹʌmðɪ ˈælseɪs pɹˈɑːvɪns ɪn fɹˈæns ɪnðə lˈæst kwˈɔːɹɾɚɹ ʌvðə ɹˌoʊmən sˈɛvəntˌiːn sˈɛntʃɚɹi ænd wˈʌn ʌvðə paɪənˈɪɹz ɪnðə kˌʌltɪvˈeɪʃən ʌv kˈɔfi ɔnðə pɐsˈɪfɪk kˈoʊst ʌv ɡwˌɑːɾɪmˈɑːlə wɪð wˈɛlnˈoʊn fˈɑːɹmz sˈʌtʃ ɐz sˌæn hwˈɑːn bˈɔːɾɪstə ænd sˌæn ɪsˈɪdɹoʊ pˈiːdɹə pˈæɹədə.
His mother was the daughter of Guillaume Mohr Laurent, who emigrated from the Alsace province in France in the last quarter of the XVII century and one of the pioneers in the cultivation of coffee on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala with well-known farms such as San Juan Bautista and San Isidro Piedra Parada.