Mandušić was called a Morlach or Vlach,[REF] and his birthplace is undetermined, but it is generally considered he was born somewhere in the Dalmatian Zagora [REF].
He adopted his sororal nephew Tadija Vrančić,[REF] who later signed himself as Mandušić,[REF] and replaced Vuk upon his death and was appointed commander of the Šibenik "uskoks" [REF].