Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I marenatia ia ki a Oscar Eugene "Gene" Mullen (Hune 27, 1916 - Hurae 1986) i te 1941 ka noho ki tetahi pāmu a te whanau tata ki La Porte City, Iowa, e whakakii ana i tana moni ma nga mahi i J. C. Penney me Santa Claus Industries. E rima nga tamariki a te tokorua: Michael, Daniel (i mate i nga ra e rua i muri i te whanautanga o mua), Patricia, Mary Margaret, me John Kevin. Ko Peg Mullen he Kawanatanga Kaunihera kaha, he karere ki nga Kaunihera Kaunihera Kaunihera i te tau 1964,
1968 me te tau 1972. I te tau 1972 ko ia te kaitohutohu a McGovern. I taua tau ano i whakaingoatia ia mo te Iowa Mother of the Year.