Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da wasa ga Pittsburgh Pirates kuma an kafa shi a Pittsburgh shekaru da yawa, Roberto Clemente ya nace matarsa Vera ta koma Puerto Rico don haka Roberto Jr. za a iya haife shi a can kwana ɗaya kafin ranar haihuwarsa. Clemente ya yi shekaru bakwai na farko na rayuwarsa tsakanin Puerto Rico da Pittsburgh. Mahaifinsa ya mutu a hatsarin jirgin sama a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 1972, yayin da yake kai kayan agaji zuwa girgizar ƙasa ta Nicaragua
wadanda aka kashe. Bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa, Roberto Jr. ya zama mai magana da yawun iyalin lokacin da mahaifiyarsa Vera ba ta da shi.