Edward's paternal grandparents Josef Beránek and Anna Šimandlová were from Nynice and Jarov respectively. Beranek first started school in a one-room schoolhouse
Plzeň and 75 km (47 mi) west of Prague. The villages of Chotiná, Kostelec, Nynice, Planá and Žichlice are administrative parts of Hromnice. Jan Sobota (1939–2012)