In addition, it seems that during most of those years in America the bailaora maintained a personal relationship with Sabicas, who declared shortly before his death that he and Carmen had been dating for nine years, and that they had split up in Mexico.
Ademais, parece ser que durante boa parte daqueles anos en América a bailadeira mantivo unha relación sentimental con Sabicas, quen declarou pouco antes da súa muerte que Carmen e el foran mozos durante nove anos, e que se separaban en México.