 His grandfather Petras Bučys was a native of the small boyars in Samogitia (Žemaitija), but was not engaged in farming, becoming a builder of water and windmills.His father, Anicetas Bučys, already in school began to write poetry, publishing in the press in pre-war Lithuania (1918 – 1940), but at the end of World War II he found himself in exile in Britain.In London he published in Lithuanian plays and a book of poetry, actively participated in the activities of the Lithuanian emigration in London and Bradford; for services to cultural activities elected to the British Union of Lithuanian honorary member, returned to Lithuania before his death (1998).