his first six children were persecuted and forced into exile by the ottomans or moved to other places where they changed names in order to survive. the first son was killed by the turks in farsaro. the others married in kritsa and psychro. they had four sons: marcos settled in farsaro, nicholas in myrtos and later settled in psychro; alexios in karavados and then in psychro; and captain manolis alexis changed his name to manolis kazanis in kritsa.