Around 1953, Flor Silvestre married radio announcer and bullfighting chronicler Francisco Rubiales Calvo "Paco Malgesto" (1914–1978), who would later become a famous presenter and pioneer of Mexican television.[60] They had two children, translator Francisco Rubiales and singer and actress Marcela Rubiales.[2] They lived in a house in Mexico City's Lindavista neighborhood.[61] The couple separated and began divorce proceedings in 1958.[62]