Simonian , born in Aintab was the elder son of Ove from Sasun and Manush from Ayntab , was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide . In 1946 , Simonian married Mary Ajemian , a graduate of the American University of Beirut , a practicing nurse and the sister of the Armenian writer and intellectual Kevork Ajemian . The couple had five children ; four sons , Hovig , Vartan , Daron and Sasoun and a daughter Maral
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Simon Simonian