The act supported the entire family and their father Ananias was upset when 19-year-old Nyas left the act in 1932 to marry 27-year-old Valaida Snow, a popular African-American entertainer. Ananias replaced him with Warren. Ananias disapproved that his son married a woman eight years older so he investigated Valaida.
The arrangement that supported the entire family was disrupted when Nyas, a young man, left the act in 1932 to marry Valaida Snow, a well-known African-American celebrity who was significantly older. Ananias was unhappy with this decision and looked into Valaida's background.