Franklin had a half-brother, James 'Rosy' Roosevelt, from his father's previous marriage. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York, to a Dutch American family made well known by the reputation of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, and William Henry Aspinwall. FDR graduated from Groton School and Harvard College and attended Columbia Law School but left after passing the bar exam to practice law in New York City. Sara was the dominant influence in Franklin's early years. She once declared, 'My son Franklin is a Delano, not a Roosevelt at all.' Eleanor never truly forgave him, and their marriage from that point on was more of a political partnership. Eleanor soon thereafter established a separate home in Hyde Park at Val-Kill, and increasingly devoted herself to various social and political causes independently of her husband.