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TI: So then they start having children, so let's, let's talk about you and your siblings. So you were born in 1923, but you had, I think, two older sisters?

FS: I have two older sisters and one younger brother.

TI: Okay, so let's start with your oldest sister. Can you tell me her name?

FS: Hideko Lillian.

TI: And do you know about when she was born, or how much older she is than you?

FS: She was born, I know she was born 1919, but I don't know exactly know the month and day.

TI: Okay, but about four years older than you.

FS: Yeah, she's four years older.

TI: And then...

FS: The, my second, my, yeah, second sister was...

TI: But this was a sister who died when she was an infant?

FS: When she was one or two years old. I'm trying to remember her name. God...

TI: That's okay. Let's, let's --

FS: Mitsuko or something like that.

TI: Okay, but then after your second sister, then you were the third?

FS: I was the third.

TI: And you were born in 1923.

FS: Yeah.

TI: And then after you?

FS: My, my brother. He was one year younger than I am, so he was born in '24.

TI: Okay.

FS: Yeah, 1924. And he passed away when he was either four or five years old.

TI: And do you remember how he died?

FS: It was from that flu they had those days. Bad flu. They, they had no cure for it those days.

TI: Okay, so, so your family, you had your father, mother, you had a sister and brother who, who died young, so it was really you and your older sister, Hideko, were, were kind of the family.

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