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It may seem hard to believe now, but the Hiltons didn't start out as a joke.
--Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born in Socorro County, New Mexico to Augustus Halvorson "Gus" Hilton, a Norwegian-German, and Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler, a German-American. He got the hotel empire going by buying a small Texas inn in 1919. One of his famous lines: "Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."
--Conrad Hilton had three wives: Mary Adelaide Barron, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Mary Frances Kelly.
--He and Mary Barron had three sons: Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton, Jr. (Elizabeth Taylor's first husband), William Barron Hilton, and Eric Michael Hilton. He and Zsa Zsa Gabor had one daughter.
--William Barron Hilton married Marilyn Hawley and they had eight children: William Barron Hilton Jr., Hawley Anne Hilton, Steven Michael Hilton, David Alan Hilton, Sharon Constance Hilton, Richard Howard "Rick" Hilton, Daniel Kevin Hilton, and Ronald Jeffrey Hilton.
--Richard Howard "Rick" Hilton married Kathy Richards. They have four children: Paris Whitney Hilton, Nicholai Olivia "Nicky" Hilton, Barron Nicholas Hilton, and Conrad Hughes Hilton.
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