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SY: So I assume that your father, when he came, settled in Sacramento?

CI: I think he did.

SY: And your mother's parents also settled in Sacramento?

CI: No, they were in Oroville.

SY: Where is Oroville?

CI: It's in northern California. It's around Marysville, Oroville, near the Russian River. And so my father was young and single, but he became a Christian. Now, I have no idea how that happened. So consequently, my mother, even if she was a Buddhist, went to the Christian church.

SY: And did she raise you as Christian?

CI: While he was alive, yes. Which wasn't very long, but we did go to the Baptist church. And then later on we went to Buddhist church.

SY: I see, you switched.

CI: Yes.

SY: And it was you and your brother and any other siblings?

CI: Well, she married when I was about five, I think, she remarried.

SY: And then this was to someone who lived in Sacramento?

CI: I think so, yes.

SY: And you were very young at the time, so you probably don't remember how they met.

CI: No.

SY: So it was just you and your brother when she remarried, is that right?

CI: Well, our grandfather lived with us, as did my two aunts.

SY: Oh, so you had a big house full of people, huh?

CI: Well, I don't know if it was a big house, but we did have a lot of people living there.

SY: And so when she remarried, then she had more children with your stepfather?

CI: Yes. Three.

SY: Three more.

CI: Others. So my sister is eight years younger than me, and then there's two other brothers.

SY: So can you give me all of their names? Your brother...

CI: Paul.

SY: Paul is how many years younger, then?

CI: He's a little bit, about a year and a half. And then Doris is eight years younger. And then Gerald is, I think he was three years younger than Doris, and then Bill was a year younger than Gerald.

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