[1] According to Ioannis Leontiadis, Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt and Andreas Gkoutzioukostas, the proper name Kammytsis derives from the verb kammyo/kammyzo and the suffix -itzis/-itsis, rejecting a Turkish origin for the name.
[2] Indeed, several other historians and Byzantinologists have challenged Gautier's assertions, concluding that the mercenary leader Kamyres was not related to the Kamytzes, and that the family was not of Turkish, but of Greek origin.
[2][4] The existence of a lead seal dated to 1050, of the strategos (general) and protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou Theodore Kamytzes, would appear to preclude both descent from Kamyres and the probability of Turkish ancestry.
Gautier considered him either to be Kamyres himself or a son or nephew,[3] although this has been disputed, and negated by the evidence of a lead seal of Theodore Kamytzes dating to the mid 11th century.
When Alexios III Angelos refused to ransom him from captivity, Manuel Kamytzes launched an unsuccessful uprising together with his son-in-law Dobromir Chrysos.