Nickname: "Dan." Given by my parents, due to the obvious way the name fit. Same thing happened to my oldest son.

Homes: I live in Montpelier, Vermont. I grew up in Haddam, Connecticut, born in New York City. To me, Vermont is like a gigantic Haddam, except Haddam in the 1960s had more rustic rural living than any part of Vermont today, apart from the Northeast Kingdom. My mother still lives in Haddam, in the house she and my father built for raising my brothers and me. No sisters.

As a Role Model (compare to Tiger Woods): My goal as a role model is to pick up on raising my sons at the point where my father was with my brothers and me when he had to leave for the next world.

Siblings: My younger brother is helping clean toxic waste sites in a safe and ethical manner, becoming a $100-millionaire in the process. My older brother setup General Electric's production scheduling system for making light bulbs in all their North American facilities. My oldest brother is a "super lawyer" in Houston.

Father Archetype: My fathers led the Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066. Another of my fathers had a sawmill in Des Moines. My father's father broke from his family in 1917. I am working on a list of all the different fathers I have and what they all did. Lately, LAWYER runs strong in our lines. I also am connecting with family members when I can find them. We have been dispersed. Some of us are gathering. It will take more than one generation.

My Father was a lawyer in Middletown, Connecticut. He was proud of his days working as a lawyer on Wall Street, in New York City, during the 1950s. He disowned his father, because he was disappointed with unkept promises made by my grandfather to support him. My grandmother threw out my grandfather for the same reasons my first two wives threw me out.

Mother Archetype: One of my grandmothers raised an army to fight the King in 1125, fighting to a stalemate. Some say she could be difficult in courtship. LAWYER runs pretty strong on my mother's side. My mother, cousin, grandmother, and ex-wife(2) all are lawyers.

My Mother was a lawyer on Wall Street in New York City, during the 1950s. She graduated from college when she was 18. My mother has one of those brains you remember, because she stands out with her brilliance. She found my father in law school in the same way my 3rd wife found me. Both women saw men worth nurturing. In my father's case, my mother noticed him eating cheese crackers for breakfast, sitting in the shoeshine chairs in the basement of the law school.

1st Ex Wife: Managed to raise our two boys into young men, somehow, with a lot working against them.

2nd Ex Wife: She takes great care of my daughter.

3rd Wife: We helped one another through phases. Just did not quite float. My therapist told me to keep trying to find a primary relationship. Her advice is always good.

Parents met: As law students at the University of Virginia Law School.

Ethnic background: The oldest relative I acknowledge in public is from 65 million years ago. Like all humans alive today, my great great... grandparents that far back were tree squirrels. DNA proves this. I think it makes sense.

We had eels and worms in our family before that, but I choose, as a value judgment, to go back only to the tree squirrels.

3 million times great grandmother


Then we became somewhat like chimps. Among Homo Sapiens, I only know back to about 70,000 years ago. Every human today is descended from a guy who lived then. I don't know where he lived. 50,000 years ago, my family branched away from the people who would become Asian. Asians went east, we migrated north and west. Not clear what happened until about 2,000 years ago. By then, my family was in northern Europe. I only know some of the branches coming down to me, mostly through Scotland, Norway, Britain, and Normandy. One of my great great... grandfathers is William Brewster, who was a pilgrim on the Mayflower. He had been chased from England by the authorities, for publishing incendary material related to the Church, Crown, and government. My family settled all over early America, in New England, Virginia and points west, such as Tennessee, Kentucky, Iowa, and Colorado. None of my ancestors arrived in North America after 1800. So, I guess you could say I am American. Then again, my Abneki neighbors would see me as European. Southern Europeans would see me as Northern European, but to Asians, we probably all look the same, the way Asians look alike to Europeans.

Biggest Influences: parents, wives, children, work, internet, and the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox.

Early beginnings: Dregs of the baby boom.

College Education: I was a consciencious objector to college. Unfortunately, I failed to address this issue until after I committed to 4-years active duty in the US Army to pay for college.

Driver (compare to Tiger Woods): I prefer to drive myself, because I cannot afford a chauffer.

Car: Fast small one, front-wheel drive for dealing with snow. Always run good tires. It's like Mr. Schinas said, "you can tell a lot about someone by looking at their shoes." I say, "Same goes for tires."

Psychologist(s): Separate sheets attached.

Quote about me: "Look at him sleeping, he looks like a cherub. Then, he wakes up, and he does the damndest things." (my father said this to my oldest brother when I was napping, age 14.)

Fan mail address: Attention: Dan Allen, Carson Group, One Waynesville Plaza, Suite #1700, Cleveland, OH 44114. please allow ample time for a response