Family
In 1953, he married Marjorie "Elsie" Lines, with whom he adopted a son called Tyrone in March 1962. Divorced from Elsie in 1968, he was later married for nineteen years to Valerie Green, with whom he had two children, and later had a relationship with Betsy Pollard (d. 1998), a common-law wife.
Kitchener's son, Kernal Roberts, is also a performer, playing drums for the biggest soca band in the country, Xtatik. He is also their musical director and composer of the 2006 Road March.
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