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RP: And how many brothers and sisters did you have?

DI: I had the one older brother, one older sister, and one younger sister. So there were four of us.

RP: Four of you? And can you give me their names and roughly when they were born?

DI: Well, let's see. My brother Fred was the eldest. [Addressing husband] Let's see, was he older than you? Let's see, you were born in 1917? So he was born in 1918, huh? Then I had an older sister, just a year older than I am, so she was probably born in 1920.

RP: And what was her name?

DI: Clara.

RP: Clara?

DI: C-L-A-R-A. And then I come next, and then I had a younger sister Toki.

RP: T-O...

DI: K-I, uh-huh. So my mother was busy, there were three right in a row.

RP: Three right in a row, uh-huh. Did your, did your other brothers and sisters have Japanese names, too? You said Toki...

DI: Toki, I don't think really had an American name. She picked one up years ago, I think, when she might have started elementary school. I think they called her Mary at one time, but I'm not really positive about it. And then she picked up the name Kay somewhere along the line. So legally, I don't think she had one.

RP: How about your name, Dorothy? Do you know where you picked...

DI: You know, I really don't know. And for Japanese people, there's a lot of Do-ro-thy. I think the "Rs" were difficult for them. So I don't know, maybe a neighbor gave me my name, I have no idea. And my sister was Clara, and there's an "R" there, too. [Laughs]

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