YOU SAID:

I was an awful father, as was mine before me

INTO JAPANESE

私は私の前に私のものだったように、私はひどい父親でした

BACK INTO ENGLISH

As I was before myself, I was a terrible father

INTO JAPANESE

私は自分の前にいたので、私はひどい父親でした

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Because I was in front of myself, I was a terrible father

INTO JAPANESE

私は自分の目の前にいたので、私はひどい父親でした

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Because I was in front of myself, I was a terrible father