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Author: oldanirs
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My father was the adopted son. I will try to tell you what I can remember. My Mom knows
more so I will pick her brain later. But your great Uncle loved to dance an Irish jig in
the kitchen with his wife. He apparently "rode the rails" when he was younger
and I believe he was from Texas. His wife Mae had several sisters, my mothers favorite
was Gracie. My older brother knows a lot more than I do too. I have often wondered if my
father was actually related in some way. He was never formally adopted but raised by them
from the time he was two. The name on his birth certificate was Peter Patterson and he
had been in a Catholic orphanage in San Francisco. The Kellys were older when they took
him. I don't know how they could have got him out of the orphanage without adopting
him but I guess times were different back then. I have pictures of them.
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