YOU SAID:
my step-fathers name was john he liked to collect hot dogs
INTO JAPANESE
私の階段の父親の名前は彼がホットドッグを集めたがっていたジョン
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father 's father' s name was John he wanted to collect hot dogs
INTO JAPANESE
私の父の父の名前は彼がホットドッグを募集したいと思ったジョンでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father's father's name was John he thought wanted to recruit hot dogs
INTO JAPANESE
私の父の父の名前は彼がホットドッグを募集したいと思ったジョンでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father's father's name was John he thought wanted to recruit hot dogs
That didn't even make that much sense in English.