Complex sentence: Rael was born to a Spanish colonial family in the northern New Mexico village of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, near Taos where his father was a merchant and sheep rancher.
Split into simpler sentences: Rael was born to an ethnic Spanish family whose ancestors dated to colonial times, in the northern New Mexico village of Arroyo Hondo, near Taos. His father was a merchant and sheep rancher.