 The first Armenian families were established in 1947 (Boghos Hovakimian with wife Arousiag there son Hovak was born in 1952 first Armenian born in Kuwait American hospital, Mihran Zakarian and family).At that time there was less that 40 single Armenian men there.Among them were Nerses Shaghzoian, Ashot Babken, and Samuel Galoustian (in the early 1950s) and Hrair Hagopian (in the late 1950s) who had migrated from Iran.