There is also evidence that the Turks resorted to kidnapping Christian children and raising them as Turks, as attested by contemporary chronicler Matthew of Edessa. Intermarriage between Turks and Greek, Armenian and Georgian natives of Anatolia was not unheard of, although the majority of these unions were between Turkish men and Christian women. The children of these unions, known as 'Mixovarvaroi', were raised as Turks and were of the Muslim faith (although there were some cases of Mixovarvaroi defecting to the Byzantines).
There is also evidence that the Turks practiced child abduction and raised them as Turks, as documented by contemporary chronicler Matthew of Edessa. Intermarriage between Turks and Greek, Armenian, and Georgian natives of Anatolia was not uncommon, although the majority of these unions involved Turkish men with Christian women. The children of these unions, known as 'Mixovarvaroi', were raised as Turks and followed the Muslim faith (although some Mixovarvaroi defected to the Byzantines).