Connor is the product of a large Irish family with 6 brothers and 5 sisters. Not quite the traditional Irish family though since his mother has several ex husbands and other lovers in her life.

Connor's father was half Irish and half Puerto Rican. He left shortly after Connor's mother became pregnant and Connor has never known him.

Connor's father figure was his oldest brother Declan who was killed when Connor was 13. Declan had been involved with the Irish mob and was killed while robbing a bodega when the owner decided that he was tired of being shaken down and instead of his monthly vig pulled out a shotgun and tried to pay with lead. The owner ended up dead, Declan got away, but he had been hit and ended up dying in the gang's warehouse. Connor was with him when he died and Declan made him swear that he wouldn't follow him into the gang, that he'd do something else with his life. Connor has often wondered what Declan would think about him being in law enforcement but likes to think that Declan is watching over him and would be proud of him.

Connor has always been the black sheep of the family. The only child not "pure" Irish, his mother has continuously ignored all her other failed relationships and blames the fact that Connor's father ran off on his Puerto Rican heritage. He's heard since he was an infant all about his shortcomings in that area and against minorities in general and has been raised quite prejudiced.

Given that background, his reaction when he first met Julina was quite a surprise. He was young, only 12 and the family had just made the latest of many moves trying to find a place they could afford to live. To this day, he won't admit that he loved her from that day, but he did. He did all the things boys do at that age when they like a girl but are too embarassed to actually show it or say it, showing off in front of her, pulling her hair, always competing for her attention.

That early infatuation lead to a friendship with her brothers and Connor found that all those things his mother used to say about "those kinds" were a lot closer to fiction then reality, that in the end, "those kinds" were no different this "his kind." He was forbidden to spend time with them, but he was never really one for following rules back then and spent most of his time with Julina's family.

Slowly, he got over the need to impress Julina and they became friends, and with time, even more and that grade school crush became the first and only true love in Connor's life. Once he realized that, everything in his world was perfect, even if he had to hide his love from his mother and constantly deal with the threats of it being revealed by his siblings.

That perfect little world came crashing down when Julina became pregnant. They were 18, barely out of high school, no steady job or even prospect for one. And now they were pregnant. Connor did the only honorable thing he could think of. He asked Julina to marry him. It didn't matter that they had no money or even a place to live. He was responsible and he did what he thought was right. It's what his brother Declan would have wanted him to do, what he had taught him in his own perverse, twisted way.

Connor's mother has never forgiven Julina for "trapping" her son by "becoming" pregnant and uses it as just one other reason for hating Julina, as if the fact that she was Hispanic wasn't enough. His siblings are split in their feelings towards the couple with some accepting willingly and openly, others doing so grudgingly and others taking their mother's side and hating the both of them.

Connor has inherited more than just his prejudices from his mother. He also has the stereotypical Irish temper and enjoys his drink. But he fights constantly with himself to control all of that although admittedly with mixed results. It is a daily struggle, but he is determined to prove his mother and everyone else wrong.

The one thing that gives him the strength to get through all of it, that keeps him fighting no matter how futile things seem, is the love of his wife Julina. He would do anything for her and their daughter. They are the only things he considers good in his life, the reason he was able to keep himself on a rather crooked path and not to follow Declan and several of his older brothers into the gangs. There are still temptations, to join the gang, to find the easy way out, but the promise he made to his brother and the love of his wife keep him going, keep him from taking that step to the dark side, although that path is narrower each day and the darkness beckons with open arms.

He joined the police force in the City hoping to make a living for himself and his family. But a rookie officer's salary, even combined with what Julina can bring in, only goes so far when you have three mouths to feed and a roof to keep over your heads. Connor doesn't know where he may end up, doesn't know if he'll continue to be able to fight the good fight, to stay on his course and do what's right, but whatever he does, he will always do it to protect his family.