Paul was the second-born son of John (Jack) and Martha of the West Coast Tyner family. Both parents were born in the US, but on the East Coast, to Catholic families.
Jack and Martha wanted a large family. After Boston Law School, Jack decided to move west from Massachusetts and begin a family in the Pacific Northwest. In the Portland and Salem, Oregon region, they raised eight children in a large Irish Catholic family.
Paul left for the California Bay Area to become involved in Silicon Valley. Oregon offered little else but Timber and Fishing.
Following five years in Engineering and Computer Science studies at UC Berkeley, he joined IBM in San Jose. Several decades passed. The marriage to Bonnie happened in 1998.
Decided to settle in the Los Gatos Mountains near Santa Cruz. Relocated to the Portland Metro in 2017, then to the current Lincoln City home in Taft. Real Estate employment started at Taylor & Taylor in 2025, followed by Coldwell Banker Professional Group in 2026.