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Albio Sires: I always figured that one of the issues that held my mother back was that my mother was 13 and my father was 23 when…

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
I always figured that one of the issues that held my mother back was that my mother was 13 and my father was 23 when they started going out.
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Albio Sires
Democratic · New Jersey

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Sires reflects on his parents' age difference and its implications.

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