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‘I’ll bet he will. Of course he still has family in the Milwaukee area. Are there siblings in St. Louis?’

Most of his family is in St. Louis. He has only one brother in Milwaukee.

Here is a link to a great article about Cardinal Dolan and his family that ran in last week’s St. Louis Review, the Archdiocesan news weekly:

http://stlouisreview.com/article/2012-01-06/roots-family-friends

I heard that the NY media covering him during the first several days or weeks after his arrival asked him if there was anything he wanted to condemn. As the story goes, he looked at them quizzically, and asked them to repeat the question. After they did, he laughed and said, ‘OK, I’ll condemn instant mashed potatoes and light beer.’ A great answer. He loves to laugh and is full of joy. We are so very proud of him here and love him very much.

Thanks for the additional article (about St. Louis). I'll quoate from that:

"When he becomes the preacher, they listen to him with a totally different sense, because they are listening to someone that they respect, that they love, that they feel they know well. And I think that's the power of his preaching. He's never aloof, never distant. He can make an entire archdiocese — as I think he did in Milwaukee and he did here in St. Louis — feel they know him personally and well," Msgr. Turek said.

That is absolutely how he was in Milwaukee. My husband and I toured Ireland with his brother Bob and wife Beth. We were there over the infamous 9/11. The following summer (2002) we attended Irish Fest Mass which Bp Dolan was saying and Bob introduced us to his brother, who had been appointed Abp of Milwaukee but who had not yet arrived here officially. Later, Abp Dolan visited our parish 2-3 times and always greeted us like old friends. If he didn't really remember who we were, he certainly put on a good act. No matter, I consider him to be a great and good friend and always will.