Family record

Jeannopoulos

• Lazaros Jeannopoulos 1871–1939

  Doctor from Anatolian Greece who emigrated to the United States, naturalized in NYC in 1928. Alex's paternal great-grandfather.

• Eftyhia Jeannopoulos (née Karamitrou) b. 1874

  Wife of Lazaros, mother of six known children. Maiden name Karamitrou; born in Pergamos (Bergama). Alex's paternal great-grandmother.

• Josef Jakowski b. 1878

  Polish Medical Doctor in Warsaw; Alex's maternal-side great-grandfather on the Jeannopoulos line. Killed at Majdanek for helping Jewish people.

• Maria Jakowska (née Świergocka) 1890–1959

  Polish-born wife of Josef Jakowski; Alex's maternal-side great-grandmother on the Jeannopoulos line. Survived the war but died before she could emigrate.

• John Jeannopoulos b. 1899

  A passenger named John Jeannopoulos, born 1899, who arrived in New York on the SS Saturnia in 1930. Possibly an older brother of Constantine's generation; possibly an unrelated namesake.

• John Jeannopoulos 1911–2004

  Second of the Soma-born brothers; the runaway with Takis to Greece in 1924–25; eventually settled in the US as a physician, married Ines Valda, had daughters Eftichia and Aline. Died January 2004.

• Takis Jeannopoulos 1911–1980

  Younger of the 1911 twin-near-pair (John Lazare was 8 months older); son of Lazaros and Eftyhia. American school-enrollment name was "Peter." Ran away to Greece with John Lazare in 1924-25 as boys; eventually a physician. Died ~1980.

• Mary Jeannopoulos b. 1914

  Sister of Constantine. Crossed to the US on the SS Normandie in 1938; trail after that is sparse.

• Constantine Jeannopoulos 1916–1980

  Orthopedic surgeon. Refugee from Asia Minor as a child; emigrated to the US in 1941; settled in the Dominican Republic late in life. Alex's paternal grandfather.

• Achilles Jeannopoulos 1920–2004

  Youngest of the Anatolia-born siblings; two years old at the Asia Minor catastrophe. The only Jeannopoulos sibling who fully anglicized his name — to Alfred A. Johnson ("Jeannopoulos" = "son of John" = literal "Johnson").

• Sophie Jeannopoulos (née Jakowska) 1922–2005

  Polish-born biologist and pathologist, Alex's paternal grandmother. Authored 100+ articles, organized international symposia at the NY Academy of Sciences, and held a long faculty career at the College of Mount Saint Vincent and later CUNY. Married Constantine Jeannopoulos in Rome in 1941.

• Ines Jeannopoulos (née Cichinelli) 1925–2004

  Sicilian-French. French Resistance survivor liberated from a German camp by Russian forces. Met John Lazare after the war while serving as a French Red Cross nurse in Strasbourg. Ran a regional field hospital with him in Sousse, Tunisia 1948-51. Director at Berlitz NYC ('Madame Jean'). Mother of three. Her real maiden name was Cichinelli — Valda was a middle name.

• Peter Jeannopoulos b. 1943

  Eldest child of Constantine and Sophie; husband of Mireille Lebrun; father of Alex and Christopher. Retired NYC Public School teacher; lives in Hollywood, FL.

• Claudine Boyhan (née Jeannopoulos) b. 1950

  Biological daughter of John Lazare Jeannopoulos and Ines (Agnes) Valda; baptized Eftichia after her paternal grandmother. Born in Tunis around 1950 while her parents ran a regional field hospital in Sousse. Married Patrick Boyhan.

• Mya Durso (née Jeannopoulos) 1950–2002

  Adopted daughter of John Lazare Jeannopoulos and Ines (Agnes) Valda. Full given name Myriam, everyday Mya. Married Dominick Durso. Two children — Anthony and Aline. Died of breast cancer in 2002.

• John Jeannopoulos 1953–2026

  Middle of Constantine and Sophie's three children; lawyer, former Assistant US Attorney. Alex's paternal uncle. Terminal branch — no children.

• Penny Jeannopoulos b. 1960

  Younger sister of Peter; settled in the Dominican Republic; primary living link to Constantine and Sophie's later years.

• Karyn Jeannopoulos b. 1970

  Director of Faculty Funded Research at NYU Stern. Wife of Alex; mother of Mia.

• Alex Jeannopoulos b. 1971

  Software engineer. Son of Peter and Mireille.

• Mia Jeannopoulos b. 2009

  Daughter of Alex and Karyn.

• Aline Pepe (née Jeannopoulos)

  Youngest of John Lazare and Ines Valda's three daughters; Alex's first cousin once removed. Married Nick Pepe. The primary living source for John Lazare's life and the Soma-era family stories.

• Amanda Jeannopoulos

  Wife of Christopher Jeannopoulos; mother of Anastasia. Lives in the Philadelphia area.

• Anastasia Jeannopoulos

  Daughter of Christopher and Amanda Jeannopoulos; Alex's niece.

• Christopher Jeannopoulos

  Son of Peter Jeannopoulos and Mireille Lebrun; Alex's brother. Married Amanda; daughter Anastasia. Lives in the Philadelphia area.

• Juan Medina

  Husband of Penny.

• Mary Triantafilou

  Mother of Lazaros; Alex's paternal great-great-grandmother.

• Panagiotis Jeannopoulos

  Father of Lazaros; Alex's paternal great-great-grandfather.

Lebrun

• Cedric Lebrun

  One of Mireille's six siblings; born in Port-au-Prince.

• Claire Lebrun (née Gaetjens)

  Mother of Serge Lebrun; Alex's maternal-side great-grandmother on the Lebrun line. Of the Haitian Gaetjens family, of mixed Haitian and German colonial origin.

• Frantz Lebrun

  One of Mireille's six siblings; born in Port-au-Prince.

• Georges Lebrun

  Father of Serge Lebrun; Alex's maternal-side great-grandfather on the Lebrun line. French father, Belgian mother.

• Jacque Lebrun

  One of Mireille's six siblings; born in Port-au-Prince.

• Leroy Chassaing

  Father of Toye Chassaing; Alex's maternal-side great-grandfather on the Chassaing line.

• Marguerite Chassaing (née Valcin)

  Mother of Toye Chassaing; Alex's maternal-side great-grandmother on the Chassaing line.

• Mireille Jeannopoulos (née Lebrun)

  Wife of Peter Jeannopoulos; mother of Alex and Christopher. Third of Serge and Toye's eight children. Formerly UNICEF; lives in Hollywood, FL.

• Pierre Richard Lebrun

  One of Mireille's seven siblings; born in Port-au-Prince. Falls between Mireille and Rene Max in birth order.

• Rene-Max Lebrun

  One of Mireille's six siblings; born in Port-au-Prince.

• Sagine Lebrun

  One of Mireille's six siblings; born in Port-au-Prince.

• Sandra Lebrun

  One of Mireille's six siblings; born in Port-au-Prince.

• Serge Lebrun d. 2004

  Father of Mireille and her seven siblings; Alex's maternal grandfather. Started as a baker in Port-au-Prince, ran several businesses in Haiti, emigrated to the US around 1968, retired from Mellon Bank in Manhattan.

• Marie Therese Chassaing

  Mother of Mireille and her seven siblings; Alex's maternal grandmother. Devoted family caregiver in Haiti; later a noted seamstress in New York.

cichinelli

• Achilles Cichinelli stub

  Sicilian. Father of Ines Valda Cichinelli (later Jeannopoulos). Left the family after his wife Amelda Menouti died young. Stub.

• Amelda Cichinelli (née Menouti) stub

  Mother of Ines Valda Cichinelli (later Jeannopoulos). Died in her thirties from a heart ailment, presumably sequelae of earlier rheumatic fever. Stub — surfaced 2026-05-21 via Aline.

• Demetri Cichinelli stub

  Sicilian. Father of Achilles Cichinelli, paternal grandfather of Ines Valda Cichinelli (later Jeannopoulos). Name only. Stub.

econom

• Rhea Econom (née Jeannopoulos) 1927–2004

  The youngest of Constantine's siblings, and the only one born in the United States. Known in the family as "Lula". Married Leonidas Econom and raised three daughters in California — Jo Ann, Cathy, and Stephanie. The last of Lazaros and Eftyhia's children.

• Jo Ann Econom stub 1956–1995

  Eldest daughter of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom. First cousin once removed to Alex. Died young in 1995 at age 39, predeceasing her mother. Stub.

• Cathy Econom stub

  Second daughter of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom. First cousin once removed to Alex. Stub.

• Leonidas Econom stub

  Husband of Rhea ("Lula") Jeannopoulos. Settled with her in California, where they raised three daughters — Jo Ann, Cathy, and Stephanie. Stub.

• Stephanie Econom stub

  Third daughter of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom. First cousin once removed to Alex. Stub.