Byron Peterson

**Byron Lee Peterson** (August 28th, 1968 - ) was the father of Aaliyah Willow Johnsen and former husband of Erica Roots Peterson. Due to being over protective strict military parent the relationship over the years had been rocky. However, he did love and very overprotective of his only daughter Aaliyah, and he confidence Aaliyah to had boys and instruct her to not had boyfriend.

## Belief History

Byron was member of Men's chorus growing up, he joins US Army to fought on Iraq War in 2003, he married his wife Erica Roots Peterson in 2005 and had Aaliyah Willow Peterson in 2007 he baptizes his daughter Aaliyah when she was 7 mouths old with tainted holy water.

he finds it extremely stupid. He even resorts to collaborating with Brian on sabotaging the religion. Afterwards, it was revealed he was the lone remaining follower of Fonzism.

His divorce from Thelma was revealed by her in "Mother Tucker". When she begins dating Tom Tucker, Peter considers him his father figure because of Francis's constant disapproval.

Byron is Black Roman Catholic and extremely religious and honors Jesus, God and the Pope. However, he was extremely stubborn with his views. On the wedding day, he taped a sign saying "To A Baptist Uncle Tom" underneath the "Just Married" sign on back of the limo. To a lesser extent he despised Hazel for his Republican views, and was angry at Aaliyah for not marrying an "An Baptist Adam". He also hit Hazel with his Bible for questioning and mocking him. When the Pope was fine with Peter's interfaith marriage to Lois and tries to convince Francis to accept Peter's marriage, Francis deems the Pope to be an untrue Catholic as seen in "Holy Crap". The Pope would eventually hire him as a special assistant at the end of the episode, as Francis was forced to retire from the Pawtucket Mill earlier in the episode. All Francis believed in was work, but eventually settled in a retirement home.

In "Peter's Two Dads", he attends Meg's birthday party, bringing her a cookie from the retirement home as a present. A drunken Peter falls on him while riding a unicycle, mortally injuring him. He suffered crushed ribs, busted spleen and a punctured lung. His final words were "Peter, you're a fat stinkin' drunk!” After Peter goes to a therapy session, it was revealed that Francis was not Peter's biological father, but an Irishman named Mickey McFinnigan. A series of memories show Francis constantly told Peter this. His ghost helps remind Peter that he is a “fat stinking drunk”, which helps Peter realize a way to convince McFinnegan that he really was his son.

## Religious Views

**Byron** was extremely religious Roman Catholic next-door neighbor. He is a genuinely well-meaning good-natured person. Though firmly religious, he can be timid and something of an easy pushover which makes religious hook rugs, and honors Jesus, God and the Pope. However, he was extremely stubborn with his views. On the wedding day, he taped a sign saying, "To A Baptist Uncle Tom" underneath the "Just Married" sign on back of the limo. To a lesser extent he despised Hazel for his Republican views, and was angry at Aaliyah for not marrying an "A Baptist Pussy". He also hit Hazel with his Bible for questioning and mocking him. When the Pope was fine with Hazel (Baptist) interfaith marriage to Aaliyah (Roman Catholic) and as Aaliyah tries to convince Byron to accept Hazel's marriage, Byron deems the Pope to be an untrue Catholic as seen in "Holy Crap". The Pope would eventually hire him as a special assistant at the end of the episode.

## Travia

* Byron Peterson is very was Roman Catholic he shown to dislike Hazel being Baptist and mostly Protestants, most episodes imply that he very most of supporting Baptist views and refused to converted to Catholicism. In "Big Man on Hippocampus", Hazel mentions having a rosary, and episodes like "Boys Do Cry" show Hazel taking part in Catholic sacraments.
* Byron Peterson is Liberal and he Democrat to civil rights activist father who convert Democrat party, he shown to dislike Hazel being most conservative and Republican.