VICTORINO'S IN GARDENA
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Searching for info on the name Victorino
5/23/00
MY GRANDFATHER WAS MANUEL VICTORINO BORN IN KAUAI. THEY CALLED HIM SONNY. AS FAR AS I KNOW HE WAS RAISED BY A CHINA MAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HE MARRIED NAOMI PRATT. HER BROTHER LIVES IN KAUAI, HIS NAME IS MERLIN. THE VICTORINO'S JUST HAD A FAMILY REUNION IN OAHU LAST YEAR. MY GRANDPA PASSED AWAY A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND MY BROTHER ALSO ALMOST A YEAR NOW. MY FATHER CLINT AND I ARE THE LAST MEN OF OUR FAMILY. MY NAME IS CLINTON THOMAS VICTORINO JR. BUT I GO BY TOMMY. THEN THERE'S MY FATHER ALSO NAMED CLINT, MY MOM ELDA, MY SISTER RAYNETTE, NAMED AFTER MY AUNTY. SHE HAS A DAUGHTER NAMED RAYLANI. AND MY OTHER SISTER LORRAINE, ALSO NAMED AFTER ONE OF MY AUNTIES. SHE LIVES WITH HER BOYFRIEND SKIP AND THEY HAVE A BOY NAMED C.J. AND MY GRANDMA, NAOMI LIVES WITH US. WE ALL LIVE IN GARDENA, CALIF. MY DAD JUST HAD A HAWAIIAN CONCERT DOWN HERE WITH SISTAH ROBI, DARRIN BENITEZ, AND MOKE BOY. I JUST THOUGHT I'D PUT THAT IN. DJ PRATT WAS THERE TOO. HE'S MY DAD'S COUSIN. I THINK MY GRANDPA WAS BORN SOMETIME IN THE 20'S. HE WAS IN THE PEARL HARBOR WAR. THATS WHEN HE MET MY GRANDMA. I HEARD THAT ANY VICTORINO FROM KAUAI IS MOST LIKELY RELATED TO ME. PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY INFO. THAT YOU FIND OUT. I'M VARY CURIOUS MYSELF. MY GRANDFATHER SAPOSEDLY OWNED PROPERTY IN KAUAI LONG AGO THAT I GUESS HE INHERITED FROM HIS GRANDFATHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS KANOA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT HE WAS A GAMBLER AND I GUESS HE SOLD IT OR SOMETHING.