Sano " Themia " Halo was a recipient of the New York State Governor 's Award for excellence in honor of Women 's History Month , " Celebrating Women of Courage and Vision . " Not Even My Name is the unforgettable story of Sano ( Themia ) Halo 's survival of the death march , at age ten , during the Greek genocide that annihilated her family . The title refers to Themia being renamed to Sano by an Assyrian family who could not pronounce her Greek name , after they took her in as a servant during the Greek genocide . The story is told by her daughter Thea , and includes their poignant mother-daughter pilgrimage to Pontus Turkey in search of Sano 's home seventy years after her exile
Greek genocide
Greek genocide
Thea Halo