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There is a psychic gulf that exists between myself and my grandparents because they don't really speak English, and I don't speak Chinese, and that's my own personal shame because I did not learn, ever. I only saw my paternal grandma a few times in my life, and that's really crazy.

When my mom turned 91, I wanted to use the time that we have left in our lives to get to know each other as adults.

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970.

My Welsh grandmother Mair didn't meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early '40s.

My dad is from Japanese descent, my mom is from Swedish descent and, through marriages and divorces, a pretty multicultural family - a lot of Spanish speakers in the family.

Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter. I definitely would not have done it if she hadn't passed away.

My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920.