Max Teran was born in Chapultepec, municipality of Tlalchapa, Guerrero, Mexico, on Tuesday, May 29, 1962. His parents are Telesforo Teran Hernández and Anacleta Estrada Neri. Max was the second child of his parents. His home, although poor, was very blessed. At the age of fourteen, he came to the United States. In 1987, he met his wife, Nathalia Olivarez Teran, and got married on January 28, 1989. There began his task of procreating a healthy family.