Personal Life
Derbyshire is married to one Lynette, or Lynette Rose, née Qi (齐红玫; Qi Hongmei), a naturalized former citizen of the People's Republic of China. They have two children between them, a daughter and a son. He lives in Huntington, New York. He often recounted observations from his personal life in his former bi-monthly column, "The Straggler", in The National Review. In a July 2011 blog post, Derbyshire said his then sixteen-year-old son "has set his heart on joining the military" and is "immovable on this, simply won’t consider anything else."
He is currently undergoing treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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