[1] On 25 November 1967, he married Juana Abaroa Ajuria-Goxeazcoa[2] They had one son, Salvador Ricardo, born 22 May 1871.

Etxeita became a captain after graduating from university in Bilbao and spent many years traveling throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

He later became a member of the Kaia Commission, an advisor for the Tobacco and Management Society of the Philippines, a director of Navy, and President of the Chamber of Commerce.

Etxeita was a business partner to General Valeriano Weyler and Camilo de Polaviega.

[5] Etxeita became a writer in his old age, writing many poems, as well as translating stories into his native Basque.