Kammala wannan jumla: Duk da wasa a Pittsburgh Pirates da kuma kasancewa a Pittsburgh na shekaru da yawa, Roberto Clemente ya nace matarsa Vera ta koma Puerto Rico don haka Roberto Jr. za a iya haife shi a can wata rana 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
Wadanda girgizar kasa ta rutsa da su a Nicaragua. Bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa, Roberto Jr. ya zama mai magana da yawun iyalin lokacin da mahaifiyarsa Vera ba ta da shi.