Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I whanau a Karnicheva i Kruševo i te Ottoman-i whakahaerehia e Maketonia (i tenei ra i te raki o Maketonia) ki tetahi whanau Aromanian Bulgarophile, me tana tupuna tupuna he tohunga Bulgarian. I mahi tōna pāpā i Sofia me Tsaribrod. I muri i te tukinga o te 1903 Ilinden<unk>Preobrazhenie Uprising
I neke a Mencha me tōna whaea ki Bulgaria. I te Mahuru 1918 i haere ia ki te ako i Munich, engari i hoki mai ki Bulgaria i muri i te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao.