Of Georgian and Armenian descent , his father Michel Yachvili was a French international before him . His paternal grandfather was a Georgian POW during WWII in France who escaped and subsequently participated in the French Resistance in the province of Limousin . Dimitri 's brother Grégoire chose to play for the Georgian national team - whilst his maternal grandfather was an Armenian Genocide survivor
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Dimitri Yachvili