Yes, its true many people who were young knew hard work. I should have elaborated. My granddad came with zip and stared an entire company in NY when he was nineteen, car routes, drivers...the whole shabang. I can see if it took years to build up a business it would make sense, that was not the case with grandpa.
My Dad left NY during WW11, only on occasion went back. I never really knew the family growing up, he did not want us too, we have reconnected in our older age.
My oldest brother went back and started a company in NJ, were he reconditioned 50 gallon barrels. He cleaned out the contents, repainted and resold. I do not have one cousin or nephew who will talk about what they do for a living.
Just saying.
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Your family doesn’t seem ‘family’ like.
>> “Your family doesn’t seem ‘family’ like.” <<
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It is a huge family! Over 100 members in San Jose alone.
Each of the 3 brothers had from 10 to 15 kids. One of the brothers started a general engineering construction company in the ‘50s that built the Hwy 17 freeway from milpitas to Santa Cruz. His kids are spread all over California, Arizona, and Nevada. My mother’s branch is mostly in the East Bat area.