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There are several theories, firstly that his father gave him the name from a gardener named Patrick Rooney who was employed by Lee when his son was born. It has also been stated that Rooney came from the Irish Aroon which means darling, also derived from an Irish servant. However, Rooney''s older brother George Washington Custis Lee debunked these stories and stated Rooney was the charactor in a novel popular at the time of Rooney's birth.

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