Biography
Pelosi was born in San Francisco in an Italian-American family on November 2, 1934, and was reared in that city. He has a brother, Paul. He earned a bachelor's degree in American history from Stanford University in 1956, the same year he was married to Barbara Newsom in 1956; they were divorced in 1977. He was remarried in 1979, to Susan Ferguson. His children were Carolyn and Cynthia (died 1970), Brennan, Matt Pelosi, Laurence (born 1971) and Andrew (born 1981).
He is the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi, minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and its former Speaker. He is the uncle of California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.
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