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TI: Let's talk about, a little bit more about the family. So how many children did your mother and father have?

KY: My mother and father had seven children, and I'm the oldest boy, which is number two, and my sister was number one.

TI: And your older sister's name was...

KY: Was Toshiko Yoshida.

TI: And how much older was she than you?

KY: She was about a year and a half older.

TI: Okay, so born maybe 1921, around then?

KY: Yes, I think so.

TI: Okay, then that's number one, then you're number two. And then after you, who was next?

KY: It was Masamitsu Yoshida.

TI: And how much younger was... and his nickname was "Mac," right?

KY: They called him Mac for short.

TI: How much younger was Mac?

KY: Probably about a year and a half. All the family was about a year and a half apart, except for the last two, which came later.

TI: Okay, so I won't ask the... so about a year and a half between. So after Mac, who was next?

KY: Sakae. And he was about a year and a half younger than Mac. And after that I had a sister, and she was about a year and a half after that.

TI: And what was her name?

KY: Her name was Aiko. Then I had two brothers that were born in California, because the rest of them were born in Tacoma, Washington, and I had two brothers that were born in California. And one was born in Santa Maria, and I don't know where the other one was born. Might be Santa Maria, too. They were born pretty close to each other.

TI: And what were their names?

KY: One was Takashi, and the other one was Shigeru.

TI: So let's go back to Tacoma, Washington, because that's nearby where I'm from, I'm from Seattle, Washington.

KY: Yes.

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