In 1898, he married Leonor Acevedo Suárez with whom he had two children: writer Jorge Luis Borges and painter Norah Borges. Due to the failing eyesight that would eventually afflict his son, Borges eventually abandoned his law career and the family moved to Geneva, Switzerland before World War I, where the young Jorge Luis was treated by an eye specialist. In 1921, the Borges family returned to Argentina.[1]
Jorge Guillermo Borges studied law but did not practice. He was a friend of Macedonio Fernández, who became friends with Borges's son. He planned a commune for individualist anarchists in Paraguay. Borges wrote a novel, El Caudillo, published in 1921.[2]