Ana Obregón’s Heartbreaking and Brave Journey to Fulfill Her Son’s Final Wish
In 2023, beloved Spanish actress Ana Obregón captured global attention with a decision as remarkable as it was controversial: she became a grandmother through surrogacy, using her late son’s preserved sperm to bring his child into the world.
Her son, Aless Lequio, tragically lost his battle with cancer in 2022 at just 27 years old. Amid her grief, Ana revealed a deeply personal promise—Aless had long dreamed of becoming a father, and she was determined to make that dream come true.
One year later, Ana welcomed a baby girl via surrogate in the United States. The child, named Anita, was not her daughter, she explained, but her granddaughter—Aless’s biological daughter, born from the sperm he had preserved before his death.
“This little girl is not my daughter, she is my granddaughter,” Ana shared in a moving interview with ¡Hola! magazine in April 2023. “She is Aless’s daughter, and when she grows up, I will tell her that her father was a hero—so she knows who he was and why she should be proud.”
Now 70, Ana recently opened up on Spanish television about the complex mix of sorrow and joy that fills her days. Despite her ongoing mourning, she finds solace in caring for Anita.
“My house is full of stuffed animals and toys,” she said with a smile, according to The London Evening Standard. “I even have a little ball pit where she makes me dive in.”
Through her unconventional path to grandmotherhood, Ana Obregón continues to honor her son’s legacy—turning unimaginable loss into a new beginning filled with love, laughter, and remembrance.
Ana Obregón Opens Up About the Joy and Pain of Raising Her Late Son’s Daughter
As little Anita grows older, Spanish actress Ana Obregón is embracing both the blessings and the physical challenges of caring for a toddler at 70. “Picking her up is getting harder on my back,” she admitted, with a blend of humor and realism.
The journey that brought Anita into Ana’s life has been anything but ordinary. It began with devastating loss—her only child, Aless Lequio, was just 27 when he died from a rare and aggressive cancer in 2022. Reflecting on that painful chapter, Ana spoke candidly about the shock of his diagnosis:
“We go through life thinking we’re eternal, that nothing will happen to us. Then one day, at 25 years old, someone tells you that you have an aggressive cancer. That’s not what you expect to hear when you’re young.”
Haunted by that loss, Ana honored her son’s dying wish—to become a father—by using his preserved sperm to have a child via surrogate in the United States. The decision made international headlines, not only for its emotional gravity but also because surrogacy is illegal in Spain. Ana later adopted Anita, becoming her legal guardian.
Now, Ana finds herself navigating motherhood once more, though with a heart forever marked by grief. “I feel more fear raising Anita than I did when Aless was a child,” she admitted, acknowledging how trauma has reshaped her sense of vulnerability.
In earlier interviews, Ana was unflinching in her honesty about the depth of her sorrow after Aless’s death. “I was dead for three years,” she confessed. It wasn’t until Anita’s arrival that she felt a spark of life return.
In a recent ¡Hola! feature marking Anita’s second birthday, Ana reflected:
“I know I’ll never feel the happiness I had when Aless was with me again. That pain will never go away. You don’t accept or get over the death of a child. You just learn to live with it.”
Still, she finds light in Anita’s laughter. “Fortunately, Anita now fills my days,” she said. “I was dead for three years from Aless’ death until Anita was born… Life is a breath of fresh air.”
