Steve corresponded occasionally with his cousin Ján Miklo in his home village, Drahovce, Slovakia. Ján, Jr., was the oldest son of Ján and Maria Miklo, the aunt and uncle who Steve had lived with after his mother had died and before he joined his father in Iowa.
In 1947 Steve received this photo taken at Ján’s wedding. This note was written in Slovak on the back of the picture, "Štefanko, An American Slovak took this photo when he was in Piešt’any for a visit and at the wedding. He gave us 1,000 Koruna for a wedding present [Koruna were Czechoslovak dollars – today 1,000 Koruna would be worth about $50]. I should meet twenty such people. He took many photos and they made us happy. These are her parents and mother.”
The older woman on the right that Ján referred to as "mother" was Maria, the aunt who helped to raise Steve.
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