Upon his return to Old Trafford, Cristiano Ronaldo did not forget to bring his mother to the field. Watching CR7 score a goal in the first match, Maria Dolores Aveiro burst into tears. The woman who gave birth to the best player in the world has gone through countless hardships in the past and she deserves to enjoy happiness with her son when she gets old.

Ronaldo managed to overcome all obstacles and move forward thanks to the example set by his family members. His mother, Maria Dolores Spinola Dos Santos d’Aviero, was born on December 31, 1954 in the fishing port of Canical, one of the poorest areas of Madeira Island. The people here live year-round on fishing and, in Dolores’ memories, her childhood was a series of days living in hell on earth.

“What kind of person is my grandmother, Mom?” Ronaldo must have asked that question, and it was difficult for Dolores herself to give a complete answer. Dolores’ memories of her mother are only vague fragments because she lost her mother when she was only 5 years old. Ronaldo’s grandmother said goodbye to this world at the age of 37 due to a heart attack, leaving behind a family of 5 children and an irresponsible husband.

“I tried to escape from there twice but failed,” she recalled. The monastery that adopted Dσlσɾеs always classified her as a group of children with rebellious behavior and abnormal minds. When Dσlσɾеs was 9 years old, she was returned to her family. At this time, Mr. Vιᴠеιɾσ remarried a woman who also had five children of her own and was also pregnant with another child.

Dσlσɾеs’ family situation at that time was extremely bad. They had no electricity or clean water for daily use. Every day that passes is a day where Dσlσɾеs has to live in hell on earth. She was abused and beaten by her father and stepmother. Mr. Vιᴠеιɾσ even wanted to throw his daughter into a center for mentally disabled children. The center director refused to accept the scolding: Why do you act so foolishly, your daughter is completely normal.

Dσlσɾеs’ education did not last long, just like her son Rσ𝚗аlԀσ later. At the age of 13, Mr. Vιᴠеιɾσ forced his daughter to drop out of school to stay home and help the family. Every day, Dσlσɾеs has to wake up at 5 a.m. to weave baskets to sell at the market. All the money she had saved was taken by the stepmother and then… disappeared. Fed up with a humiliating life, Dσlσɾеs always wanted to find a way out.

Rσ𝚗аlԀσ is a lightFor Mrs. Dσlσɾеs, the first way out was named Jose Dι𝚗ιs Avеιɾσ. She got married when she was 18 years old and had 3 children before her 22𝚗Ԁ birthday. The Avеιɾσ family decided not to have any more children when suddenly their plans “broke”. The day she knew she was carrying a baby who would later become Cristiano Rσ𝚗аlԀσ, Dσlσɾеs did not want the baby to be born.

Initially, Dσlσɾеs went to the doctor to ask about the abortion procedure. The doctor said the fetus was too big and abortion could seriously affect her health. The situation forced her to reluctantly give birth to her fourth child. Cristiano Rσ𝚗аlԀσ was born on February 5, 1985, with the name “Rσ𝚗аlԀσ” named after US President Ronald Reagan. The older siblings in the family started working to earn money from a young age, helping the youngest brother grow up in the love of his mother and football.

No measure can calculate the love Mrs. Dσlσɾеs has for Rσ𝚗аlԀσ, the child she almost rejected. When CR7 was 14 years old, she received an invitation to a parent’s meeting from the school with an expulsion notice. The homeroom teacher said Rσ𝚗аlԀσ’s behavior was unacceptable. He dared to pick up a chair and throw it at the teacher and it became a joke for the whole school.

“Your child won’t be able to achieve anything with this negative attitude towards studying,” the other teacher criticized Dolores harshly. Faced with those insults, Ronaldo’s mother remained silent; however, she didn’t scold her son even when CR7 came home. Dolores believed Ronaldo and listened to everything he said, especially when CR7 mentioned his desire to drop out of school to pursue a football career.

Ronaldo couldn’t focus wholeheartedly on competing anywhere in the world because Dolores always took care of everything at home. During CR7’s time playing for Real, Mrs. Dolores came to stay with him, fed Ronaldo, and went to school every day. Ronaldo’s mother is also a direct influence on his personal life. CR7 can date singers and models, but bringing them to live together is another story. Irina Shayk once broke up with Ronaldo after 5 years of dating just because his mother did not want them to get married.

A mother’s love.

When Ronaldo was young, Dolores had to play the role of both father and mother in the house. Mr. José Dinis Aveiro spent all the money he earned on alcohol and died of cirrhosis in 2005. Before Ronaldo became famous, Dolores managed all of his family’s savings. After her husband passed away, she found new love with a man around her age named José Andrade. Mr. Andrade worked as a police officer in Portugal, then became a gardener in his old age.

At first, Dolores hid the fact that Ronaldo had a new lover. They only went public after dating for nearly a year and decided to live together forever. Mr. Andrade is always by Ronaldo’s mother’s side, taking care of the children with her and taking them to school every day. They lived together but did not get married because he did not want to be known for “taking advantage” of Ronaldo’s family. CR7 also considers him a family member and photos of Mr. Andrade often appear next to him on social networks.