Canseco was born and reared in [[Laredo]] in Webb County in south [[Texas]], the eldest of eight children of the former Consuelo Sada Rangel, of Shephardic [[Jewish]] descent, and Dr. Francisco Manuel Canseco, an [[Italy|Italian]]-American. Both parents were born in Monterrey, [[Mexico]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |title=RootsWeb: Freepages |website=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 6, 2016; no longer on-line}}</ref> | Canseco was born and reared in [[Laredo]] in Webb County in south [[Texas]], the eldest of eight children of the former Consuelo Sada Rangel, of Shephardic [[Jewish]] descent, and Dr. Francisco Manuel Canseco, an [[Italy|Italian]]-American. Both parents were born in Monterrey, [[Mexico]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |title=RootsWeb: Freepages |website=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 6, 2016; no longer on-line}}</ref> |