Grandfather Francisco returned to Nicaragua where he was told to marry his cousin, Manuela. They had five children. The three boys were taught to eye the girls, including the maids, and to act like male dogs while the two girls were taught to play the piano and were kept home to assure their virginity. Grandmother was uneducated except for tutors who taught her oil painting and how to play the piano. In turn, the daughters learned the piano from the mother. Often they would play "six hands" waltzes by Lehar and Strauss. After the death of his mother, Francisco squandered his inheritance and began to lose his political influence. Nevertheles, he was forced into exile when the "liberales" came into office. The family moved to San Francisco which, since the gold rush days, had the largest Nicaraguan population outside of Nicaragua.