George J. Mitchell Zitate

My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area.

George J. Mitchell

Deutsche Übersetzung

Mein Vater war der verwaiste Sohn von Einwanderern aus Irland in die Vereinigten Staaten. Mein Vater hat seine Eltern nie gekannt. Seine Mutter starb - wir sind nicht sicher - entweder bei oder kurz nach seiner Geburt, und er und alle seine Geschwister wurden in Waisenhäusern in der Gegend von Boston untergebracht.

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