Rita (Peace) Abatzi, daughter of George and Stella Abatzi born in Smyrna in the year 1906 (as birth dates have been proposed for the years 1903, 1913 and 1914, but on the basis of professional identity that was issued in 1932, resulting in 1906 as the birth year of the artist). She was sister of Wisdom (Fofo) Abatzi-Karivali, known singer in rebetiko scene of "Piraeus school 'during the prewar period.
In Greece family come after the destruction of Smyrna in 1922 and the violent expulsion of the Greek population from the region. Rita Abatzi, orphaned "father" who was lost in the tragic events of Izmir, installed together with her mother and sister in red. Held two weddings, the first marriage took place in 1930 with John Tsipari with whom she had a daughter Anna and the second with her colleague santour player Stelios Cretan,
