Totally off -topic - but interesting.
Three recent Presidents who were abandoned by their fathers as infants/toddlers and raised by step-fathers.
Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton and B.Obama.
Newt would be the fourth.
Correction - Bill Clinton’s father died before he was born.
(red face)
Re: paternal abandonment: I really feel such abandonment cripples the man for life. I do feel great sorrow for them. But there is a lack of paternal guidance that just can’t be overlooked nor overstated. Unless the step-father is a very strong and supportive man, that lack seems to impact them the rest of their lives. I’m sure freeper psychologists can give us a lot more insight to this phenomena.