A mụrụ George Denis Patrick Carlin na Mee 12, 1937, na Manhattan, New York, nwa nwoke nke odeakwụkwọ Mary Carlin (née Bearey) na onye na-ahụ maka mgbasa ozi nke Sun bụ Patrick John Carlin. Nna ya bụ onye mbịambịa Irish si County Donegal High School, ebe nne ya bụ onye Irish-American. Nna nna Carlin, Dennis Bearey, bụ onye mbịambịa Irish nke rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye uweojii NYPD. Carlin chetara na aha nne nne ya bụ O'Grady, mana a gbanwere ya na Grady tupu ya eruo U.S. O mere egwuregwu na ha "kwụsịrị O'Grady n'oké osimiri n'ụzọ ebe a". Ọ kpọrọ ya George Carlin O'Grady na The George Carlin Show dị ka omume nke ịsọpụrụ ndị mụrụ ya.
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