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MA: And how many children were in your family?
IO: I had three brothers and three sisters. Well, there were four brothers and three sisters. One brother died after a couple weeks. I don't remember it too much.
MA: So there were seven of you that lived to --
IO: And I'm the oldest.
MA: You're the oldest, okay. And what is the difference in years between you and the youngest sibling?
IO: Well, let's see. My youngest is a brother, and he's about sixty-nine and I'm eighty-eight, so... [laughs]
MA: So whatever that is. [Laughs] Nineteen years?
IO: Yeah, uh-huh.
MA: Wow. So okay, so there were seven of you, four boys and three girls.
IO: But the one died right away, within two weeks (...) --
MA: Oh, okay, so there were six of you.
IO: So basically three brothers and three sisters.
MA: Three boys, three girls. And you were the oldest.
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