ralliested at political and from the media, but as a child he was nicknamed td. as an adult, he was referred to as the kernel. the interesting thing about colonelferred to as the was that is total military time was about three months. the home had all the modern amenities at this part of the 19th century. that is a common question we get. the roosevelts were doing pretty well for themselves. it pays to get on the ground floor of anything in life, but the roosevelts were very fortunate. around 1646. by the time td is born in 1858, they are well-established socially and financially on the island of manhattan. they are seven generation new yorkers. originally there in the hardware business, but they branched off into importing and exporting of fine glass. wouldhere the grandfather break away from glass thing and get involved in real estate, painting and financing. was one whot's dad enjoyed spending the family fortune as opposed to making it great he was not in tune with the day-to-day activities of the family business. the grandfather lived a little south of us on