vigoreaux and his brother roberto were deeply impacted by the premature death of their mother, rosaura, due to cancer when they were young. their father, luis vigoreaux, began a relationship with actress lydia echevarria while he and his first wife, rosaura, were still married. their father eventually left their mother for echevarria, a fact that caused much friction in the vigoreaux home. through his father, vigoreaux has two other siblings; sisters vanessa vigoreaux, an occasional theatrical actress, and glendalys vigoreaux.