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First representatives of the Zufía family were noted in the Navarrese town of [[Larraga]] in the late 17th century;<ref> ''Linaje Suescun'', [in:] ''Antzinako'' service, available [http://www.antzinako.org/RepLinajes/suescunenlarraga.html here]</ref> in the late 18th century a carpenter Miguel Zufía<ref> he was known as “vezino de Larraga”, compare ''Andosilla'' entry, [in:] ''Gran Enciclopedia Navarra'' service, available [http://www.enciclopedianavarra.com/?page_id=3269 here]</ref> rose to the status of a locally known artist.<ref> ''El órgano de Larraga'', [in:] ''Diario de Navarra'' 07.01.15, available [https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/navarra/zona_media/2015/01/07/el_organo_larraga_190156_1008.html here]</ref> Close to nothing is known about Mariano’s great-grandfather José Miguel Zufía Guerendiáin.<ref> Zufía Guerendiáin was born Larraga and married to Javiera García Ibánez, ''José Miguel Zufía Guerendiáin'' entry, [in:] ''Geni'' genealogical service, available [https://www.geni.com/people/Jos%C3%A9-Miguel-Zuf%C3%ADa-Guerendi%C3%A1in/6000000165182022821 here]</ref> His son and Mariano’s grandfather Mariano Brígido Zufía García<ref> Zufía García was born Larraga and married to Guillerma Saenz González, ''Mariano Brígido Zufía García'' entry, [in:] ''Geni'' genealogical service, available [https://www.geni.com/people/Mar%C3%ADa-Bibiana-Zuf%C3%ADa-Saenz/6000000165350393869 here]</ref> left Larraga and moved to Pamplona either in the late 1880s or early 1890s;<ref> first children of Zufía García were born in Larraga (until 1888); last ones were born in Pamplona (since 1891)</ref> sources refer to his “modest” social standing.<ref> Juan Carlos López López, ''Biografía Mariano Zufía'', s.l. 2009, p. 15</ref> His son and Mariano’s father, Lázaro Zufía Saenz (1892-1958) was born already in the Navarrese capital;<ref> ''Lázaro Zufía Sanz'' entry, [in:] ''Geni'' genealogical service, available [https://www.geni.com/people/L%C3%A1zaro-Zuf%C3%ADa-Saenz/6000000165179925998 here]</ref> he had to earn a living at the young age and became a railway man, rising to “jefe de estación” in [[Andoain]], [[Leitza|Leiza]] and Pamplona-Empalme.<ref> López López 2009, p. 15</ref> At unspecified time he married a Pamplonese girl from the family of similar status, Matilde Urrizalqui Campos.<ref> López López 2009, pp. 15-16</ref> The couple lived at various locations in [[Gipuzkoa]] and Navarre following the professional lot of Lázaro; Matilde used to run a buffet for train passengers. They had 4 children; out of these, 2 died in infancy.<ref> López López 2009, p. 15</ref>
Mariano frequented schools in Pamplona and Andoain; in the early 1930s he entered a preparatory college for Seminario Mayor in [[:es:Saturrarán (playa)|Saturrarán]].<ref> López López 2009, p. 15 and passim</ref> Following 2 years he resigned religious career and entered Instituto of Pamplona; the civil war broke out when Zufía was in midst of [[Spanish Baccalaureate|bachillerato]] course.<ref> López López 2009, p. 18</ref> He volunteered to [[Requetés|requeté]], but following 2 months on the frontline in [[Sierra de Guadarrama]] he fell ill and was treated in a hospital in [[Burgos]]. When released he resumed education and completed another grade, until in January 1937 he volunteered to requeté again.<ref>he was probably incorporated into Tercio del Rey, also deployed in the Guadarrama. His biography claims he joined “tercio de Cristo Rey”, López López 2009, p. 22. No such unit existed, though there was “Tercio del Rey”, raised in Navarre</ref> Followed few months he returned home and completed the bachillerato. In late 1938 he applied to aviation school but was rejected due to poor eyesight.<ref> López López 2009, p. 24</ref> Instead, as 18-year-old, he was drafted. Zufía applied
[[File:Mariano Zufia 1948.jpg|thumb|160px|wedding photo, 1947]]
In 1947 Zufía married Rosalia Sanz Gurbindo<ref> López López 2009, p. 31</ref> (died 2011);<ref>''Esquela online de Rosalia Sanz Gurbindo'', [in:] ''Rememori'' service, available [https://www.rememori.com/392833:rosalia_sanz_gurbindo here]</ref> none of the sources consulted provides information either on her or on her family. Until 1948 they lived in Pamplona, then following Zufía’s professional bank assignments in [[Tudela, Navarre|Tudela]] (1948-1951), [[Estella-Lizarra|Estella]] (1951-1953) and again in Tudela (1953-1959), where Zufía became director of the local Banco de Bilbao office. In 1959 they returned to Pamplona as Zufía was appointed deputy-manager of the BdB branch in the Navarrese capital.<ref> López López 2009, p. 31</ref> The couple had 7 children, born between 1948 and 1963; Mariano, José Javier, Carlos, Mertxe, Rosa, Pablo and Enrique Zufía Sanz.<ref> Mariano was born in 1948, José Javier in 1951, Carlos in 1954, Mertxe in 1957, Rosa in 1958, Pablo in 1962, and Enrique in 1963, López López 2009, pp. 31, 35</ref> None of them became a widely known public figure. Rosa Zufía Sanz is locally recognized in Gipuzkoa as a journalist related to the Basque broadcaster [[:es:Euskal Telebista|ETB]]<ref> ''Zufia Sanz, Rosa'' antry, [in:] ''Aunamendi Eusko Entziklopedia'' service, available [https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/es/zufia-sanz-rosa/ar-152382/ here]</ref> and director of its culture section, EITB Kultura-Transit,<ref> ''Rosa Zufia Sanz'', [in:] ''ContactOut'' service, available [https://www.contactout.com/Rosa-ZufiaSanz-50917106 here]</ref> while Carlos Zufía Sanz as co-director of a Navarrese media think-tank CIES occasionally takes part in related conferences or other events.<ref> ''CIES Estudios de Opinión y de Mercado Premio ‘Sociedad y Valores Humanos 2010'', [in:] ''Auzolan'' 34 (2010), available [https://www.colsocpona.org/documentos/auzolan/BoletinAuzolan34.pdf here]</ref>
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