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Here is the sentence said by an old man who got only one eye visible.

教官先生...わしの目を見てくだせえ たった一つっ **きりねえ** がなまじの肉親以上に本人のためを思っているこの目を！

In my opinion, he probably talked about his only visible one eye. If it means
'not only', I still have no idea how to use it in my translation below.

Is it a predicate to the noun 「たった一つ」?

If I'm correct, can I translate it like this,

Teachers, please look at my eye, I myself use it to looking for being more
than his real parent regardless that I have only visible one left.

P.S. I translate the word 「なまじ」 as "regardless or thoughtlessly".
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What does the word 「きりねえ」mean in this sentence?
It's obvious that it means "I have only one" here though it's technically a
nonsensical phrase that mixes たった ひとつ きり（だが）with たった ひとつ きり しか ない. (きり is
equivalent to だけ.)

なまじ means "half-way" or "not thoroughly".

  * 本人の為を思っているこの目: this eye that thinks of his own benefit
  * なまじの肉親以上に: more than his mere real parents
  * たったひとつっきりないが * : though it's only one
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