The person I knew in Houston who referred us to his in-laws' various motels had a different last name and he was Indian (from India), but I got the impression from him and from his wife that these Patels were Pakistani.
It was a long time ago, so I could be mistaken--it was just something that stuck in my brain, so I was being intentioanlly vague about their nationality.
They may have been Hindu Pakistanis, as their name doesn't seem Islamic.