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VY: Okay, so your mom and dad came to America and they went to Mill Valley and then Alameda. And when did they have children?

YY: Yes, they had their first child in Mill Valley, the second one in Alameda, and the rest in San Francisco.

VY: I see. Do you want to list your siblings by birth order?

YY: What about my...

VY: Your brothers and your sisters?

YY: I have three brothers and one sister, and I was the fifth one.

VY: And what was the age difference between you?

YY: Two years apart, all of them, except me. I'm seven years younger than my next brother, closest brother (in age) to me.

VY: What were your siblings' names?

YY: The first one was Kats, Katsunori, and the second one, Yutaka, and my sister was Mitsuyo, and my brother Takuzo.

VY: So when your parents came to San Francisco, did they buy a house? Did they own a property?

YY: No, they were renting still at that time. And after I was born, they moved to Sutter Street. I was about a year old when they moved, and that was the first house that they bought in my brothers' names.

VY: So they put the house in your brother's name?

YY: Yes, even though they weren't of age, but they were citizens and so therefore they were able to (put it in their name, I guess).

VY: Because this was probably in the 1920s when they bought the house? When did they buy the house?

YY: When? I was a year old, so I guess it was 1935.

VY: 1935. So that makes sense that they would have to put the house in your brother's name.

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