Subject: Re: Qualities for success
It is odd, my dad and his brother were the first to finish college on his side of the family. Both became doctors.

My mother's family in Ireland was well-educated. Her mother came from a family of 8 children. Seven of them graduated from college, and a few graduated post graduate programs. That is on my mom's mother's side of the family. My grandfather on my mom's side was a reckless drunk. His family was not alcoholic. They were not ignorant, but not well-educated. I never met this grandfather. His side of the family is the most distant from me. He died when I was just one year old.

Success was leaving Ireland in those days. Today, success is staying in Ireland.