Andrea ... HUGS to you .. where is the DIL IN JAPAN.. i was born in TENDO-shi... my natural mother is japanse and lives in mich.. as you can tell by my screen-name Terumi was my given name in japanese .. and have a sister Cheiko in japanese i have never met .. and i found my natural mother just about 3 years ago..i don&#39;t speak japanese at all.. my half brothers do .. how interesting i was adopted at 2 years old.. my parents always told me i was adopted and they were always supportive if i had wanted to look for my natural mom/ dad...i always felt special because my mom and dad always told me most parents don&#39;t get to choose their children.. and we choose you <br /><br /> i have lost both my adopted parents .. they were both such funny parents and always made life interesting LOL <br /><br />Tonia