Nikola Beg was my grandfather, his brother was Marko, who lived in Aliquippa, I visited there many times with my family. Young Mark (now deceased) had the honor of being Mike Ditka's baseball coach in little league. He always said he taught Mike everything except behavior. The last contact we had with young Mark's daughter she was living in upstate NY. Nikola Beg's children included the other Joe Begg, who went by Nick, since his better known cousin had the Joe name used. I met THE Joe Begg once at a boys day game at Forbes Field. ( he had left the Yankees and was with Cincinnati at that time.) My father was Emil Begg of Swissvale his uncle Marko was a favorite of his. We buried a whole generation under the name Beg, but I guess we're all Beggs now.