How Many Aurelianos Are There in One Hundred Years of Solitude?

Written on 08/24/2026
Astrid Aillume

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How Many Aurelianos Are There in One Hundred Years of Solitude?

22 named Aurelianos in the Buendía family line.

In Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the name Aureliano is given to 22 members of the Buendía family line.

What the Text Shows

1. Colonel Aureliano Buendía Son of José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán.

2. Aureliano José Son of Colonel Aureliano Buendía and Pilar Ternera.

3–19. The seventeen Aurelianos Seventeen sons of Colonel Aureliano Buendía by seventeen different women. All are named Aureliano; all are marked with a permanent cross of ash on the forehead. The novel identifies Aureliano Amador as the only survivor of those seventeen sons; he is killed years later.

20. Aureliano Segundo Twin brother of José Arcadio Segundo.

21. Aureliano Babilonia Son of Renata Remedios (Meme) and Mauricio Babilonia. He deciphers Melquíades’s manuscripts at the end of the novel.

22. Aureliano (the final child) Son of Aureliano Babilonia and Amaranta Úrsula. He is born with a pig’s tail and is later eaten by ants.

Key Numbers

  • 22 — named Aurelianos in the Buendía family line (1 + 1 + 17 + 1 + 1 + 1)
  • 17 — sons of Colonel Aureliano Buendía, all named Aureliano
  • 1 — Aureliano Amador, the only survivor among those seventeen, killed years later
  • 1 — final child named Aureliano, born with a pig’s tail

One-Sentence Finding

The Buendía family line contains 22 Aurelianos: the colonel, Aureliano José, seventeen ash-marked sons (including Aureliano Amador, the only survivor of the seventeen, killed years later), Aureliano Segundo, Aureliano Babilonia, and the final child born with a pig’s tail.

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