János was born on November 14th, 1828 in Cece.1 János' father was Mihály Asbóth and his mother was Erzsébet Kováts. His paternal grandparents were Asbóth and <Unknown>. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Benjamin, János, János, Zsuzsanna and Erzsébet. He was the third youngest of the six children.