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Fascination with Genealogy leads to large Greek Family Tree

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Published in the Greek City Times on August 2, 2016 FASCINATION WITH GENEALOGY LEADS TO LARGE GREEK FAMILY TREE Excerpt from article: South-African Greek, Alexander Armenis’ fascination with Genealogy has led him to track ‘forgotten’ Greek family worldwide and in the process has managed to come in contact with family members for the first time. Clinical Psychologist by day, Alexander has done what many dream of doing- joined the dots and created a family tree & gives us his tips on how to go about it....... Where do your Greek ancestors come from? My father, Spyridon Armenis (Spiros), immigrated to South Africa in 1967 from Athens, Greece. He was born in the Village of Giannades on the Ionian Island of Corfu (Kerkyra). Why did you decide to do a family tree? I began collecting old family photographs and documenting the family tree following my travels to Greece. My interest grew as more of my family members asked me to tell them about the history of our family....