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Romney was born to Vernon Romney (1896–1976) and Anna Lois
Bradford (1900–1957) in Salt Lake City, Utah, the oldest of eight children. His father was an attorney and the chair of the Utah Republican party in 1944–50 and 1958–62. He is a first cousin of
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