On 22 August 1947, he married Élisabeth Lefebvre, who came from a family of industrialists from Roubaix. He had six children with Élisabeth (three sons, three daughters), including Thierry, who took the pseudonym Barrigue after becoming a cartoonist, and Christophe, a key figure in the foundation of the genealogy website Geneanet.
On 22 August 1947, he married Élisabeth Lefebvre, whose family was of industrialists from Roubaix. He had six children with her (three sons, three daughters), including Thierry, who took on a pseudonym after becoming a cartoonist, and Christophe, a central figure in the creation of Geneanet.