He was Mike Brady's brother. How it happened was Mike's biological father died heroically fighting in World War II. His mother remarried a nice man whose last name was Partridge. She had a son by him, Mike's half-brother Richard. Richard Partridge grew up to be just like Mike in every way except instead of being an architect, he was a high school band instructor, proficient in several instruments as well as music composition and scoring. He and Shirley first met when they were in college and both involved in the university production of "Oklahoma", where Shirley was singing the female lead role. They fell in love and soon married. Shirley never finished her college degree, though, because she withdrew to become a full time homemaker and mother. Richard passed down his love of music to their children and taught them musical theory and how to play various instruments. Unfortunately, he passed away suddenly from a brain hemorrhage, but his legacy lived on in his five brilliantly talented children and still golden-voiced widow.
This would mean, of course, that the three Brady boys were blood relatives of the Partridge Family. It accounts for the Brady children's occasional spirited, yet failed, attempts at pop music stardom. Performance was in their blood, but they lacked the discipline, training, and, let's face it, exceptional talent that their cousins enjoyed.
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