1. Nobody could understand where we ever got money enough to keep us with food in our bellies,  not even the old men of the family .
2.  Every branch of the Garoghlanian family was living in the  most amazing and comical poverty in the world. 

what does Aram mean to say in the underlined?

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2) This line refers to the fact that the family was very poor. However, the situation was ironic because they were very honest and could never opt corrupt means for earning money. 

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