To follow the developments in the relationships of musicians, blood relatives, and in-laws in the long-lived Gipsy Kings musical undertaking, one cannot be limited to English. The most consistent detailed results come in the French language, as all these performers are French born and raised. Spanish-language results are scarcer, but they exist.

In one interview, the Mexican press reported on an engagement of the Gipsy Kings in Baja California; on this occasion, the spokesperson for the Gipsy Kings was neither lead singer Nicolas Reyes nor lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo, who often do interviews in tandem; this time, it was Baliardo's oldest brother Diego Baliardo. The latter volunteered that his father was born in Figueras, a detail I had not discovered elsewhere before; this to illustrate Diego Baliardo's point, that relocating to the Midi in the South of France, for Catalan-speaking "gitanos," was a question of bringing the traditional lifestyle with them, that Camargue-area "gitans" were raised, in France, much the same way that their Spanish-born ancestors had been.

Diego Baliardo, who in recent years had stayed closer to home and participated less in the big international touring schedule of the Gipsy Kings, has recently joined forces with Pablo Reyes, the oldest of the brothers of lead singer Nicolas Reyes. While Nicolas and Tonino tour with their sons and with musicians young enough to be their sons, without their brothers as of old, their brothers continue to perform without participating in the big touring machine. The official Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo continue to make the rounds of stadiums, arenas, and casinos the world over, without their brothers. Pablo Reyes and Diego Baliardo, in the meantime, are part of a French organization -- "gipsy bookings" -- based in the South of France, promoting the "rumba flamenco" of Camargue and the Midi, keeping local musicians before the public eye in the local area; and these two older brothers perform together and record music, while staying closer to home and no longer running all over the globe on high-profile tours.

Two men who have made music and performed together from their adolescence, Canut Reyes and Chico Bouchikhi, respectively the brother and brother-in-law of lead singer Nicolas Reyes, remain friendly with each other, stay close to their Southern-France home bases, and perform together on occasion. There is reason for these two Gipsy-Kings old-timers, each of whom left the big band with a sense of having been pushed out due to relationship tensions, to feel like they understand each other as none of the others understand them. Nicolas, faithful to the spouse that he married in his teens, says today (French media) that he cannot forgive Chico Bouchikhi for breaking off with his wife and their children; the ex-wife is Nicolas' sister. For his part, Canut also eased out of his youthful marriage, and his more recent partner used to post on his behalf in online social media; some unpleasantness online came to a head, and Canut no longer dispatches updates to forums and webpages and online blogs.

Patchai and Andre Reyes, also brothers of Nicolas, have sons of their own with whom they naturally want to make music and perform. There simply were too many adult sons and adult nephews to crowd into the big international Gipsy Kings touring machine, but opportunities remain for these singers and songwriters to perform with their adult children, and their appearances can be followed from their Facebook pages.