I whanau a George Denis Patrick Carlin i te Mei 12, 1937, i Manhattan, i New York, te tama iti o te kaitiaki a Mary Carlin (née Bearey) me te kaiwhakahaere whakatairanga a The Sun a Patrick John Carlin. I tiimata tana papa ki te ako i te kura nui i County Donegal, i te mea ko tana whaea he Irish-American. Ko te tupuna o Carlin, a Dennis Bearey, he manene Irish i mahi hei pirihimana NYPD. I mahara a Carlin ko te ingoa wahine a tona kuia ko O'Grady, engari i hurihia ki a Grady i mua i tana taenga ki te U.S. I tawai ia i kii "i hinga te O'Grady ki te moana i te huarahi ki konei". I tapaina e ia tana ingoa ki te George Carlin O'Grady Show hei tohu ki ona maatua. I wehewehea a ia i te rua marama o tona pakeke na te mea i mahi tana papa ki te kura nui i te kura nui o Mary Carlin i County Donegal, a ko tana whaea he Irish-American. I mahi a ia i te kura nui i te kura nui i te kura nui o tona papa,
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