Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Patricia Anne Acquaviva i te marama o Hanuere 1944 ki tētahi whānau Itari-Amerika. Ko ona maatua, ko Pat Acquaviva me Terese Colonna Acquaviva, i marenatia i te 1942. Ko tōna pāpā, he hoia tuatahi i te ope taua o Amerika, i mate i te pakanga i te Maehe o te tau 1945 i te wā o te whakaekenga a te Rōpū Whakakotahitanga mai i Paris ki te Rhine
, i muri mai ka neke raua ko tōna whaea ki te noho ki te taha o tōna matua keke me ōna tupuna. Ko tana whaea, he kaiako, i marena ano ki a James R. Helmintoller i te 1951.