Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Patricia Anne Acquaviva a cikin Janairu 1944 zuwa dangin Italiyanci-Amurke. Iyayenta, Pat Acquaviva da Terese Colonna Acquaviva, sun yi aure a shekarar 1942. Mahaifinta, mai daraja na farko a cikin sojojin Amurka, an kashe shi a cikin aiki a watan Maris na 1945 a lokacin yakin basasa.
Allied ci gaba daga Paris zuwa Rhine, bayan da ita da mahaifiyarta suka koma tare da kawunta da kakanta. Mahaifiyarta, malami, ta sake yin aure ga James R. Helmintoller a 1951.