Sofos Ancestry

The Sofos Family, was originally part of the Sofouli family.
As you know many brothers and sisters have different last names because they were changed for many reasons.

1. when someone became a priest their last name changed to Papas + their first name. i.e. the Papavasiliou family who owns kiotari bay was originally Plastroungis but when their grandfather Vasilis became a priest they became Papavasiliou.

2. when someone became a Hadji , in other words they made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was bapitized in the Jordan river, their last name changed to signify this act. i.e. When Lazaros Piscami went to Jerusalem his last name changed to Hatzilazarou

3. sometimes the last names were changed to characterize where people came from. i.e. Appolakiatis (from Appolakia)Laoudikos (from Lluhl Turkey, Salakenos (from Salakos) etc.

Also many nicknames became last names.

3rd January 2014
(Source Vasili Sofos of Parisia Messina, the story as told to him by his father Dimitri)

This is the story
In the year 1611 in the village of Sfakia Crete there was a man with the last name Sofadakis.
He was quite wealthy and owned 6 wooden boats.
One day when he returned from one of his trips, he found his wife in a terrible state.
He couldn't understand why she was so frantic.
Finally, he realised that his daughter, Ferniki, was kidnapped by the Turkish aga (Aga is a title given to a Turkish officer).
He kills 360 turks and escapes with his boats taking all his relatives (up to second degree relations.)
He was able to do so because it took a while for help to come.
They settled on the Peloponnese Peninsula in the village of Kiparisia (in the county of Mesinia) They changed their name to Sofoulis.
When turks seiged the neighbouring village of Veripopi (near Kiparisia)
They scattered across Greece. One went to Rhodes, others went to Halkiidiki, Thiva, Livadia, Ancient Korinthos and Kos.
Most Sofos have 0+ blood types.