.. Marylou... i become a united states citzen at 6 years old may 1 1963<br /><br />my locted my mother thur people finder... i had her birthday and her married name when she got married in japan...i found my brother jimmy first... i called him and told him who i was and i asked him if he would contact her and ask her if we could talk to each other .. abd if choose not to i totally understand.. ( you have to be prepared for that to happen , because m y father was just like that what did i want and he advised me he had no money so if that was what i was looking for to go somewhere esle.. told him no but your an ass all i wanted medical info... but as far as me i will never contact you again ... have a good life...) <br /><br />back to better luck.. my mother was so excited that i found her she had always wondered how i turned out... ( she was upset with my tattoo&#39;s ) because i did have medical problems that had to be taken care of like surgery to correct my legs they were very very pigeon toes and had to have surgery and leg casts to correct them and years and years of BALLET gezzzzzzz... but ya know after always looking in a mirror and never seeing anyone that looked like you,.. thats was the one thing i wanted to see was her and my face in a mirror i just cryed and so did she.. we both laugh the same make the same faces ...it was just the best... i do wish my adoptive parents had been alive to see this with us back together .. i did find out i have three half brothers... alot of neices and nephews... and the oldest neice is my namesake  all the children have japanese middle names and Sam is mine sammatha terumi  sin&#39;t that funny.. my mother said he gave that to sam for me so that way the name lived on ...<br /><br />yes i was lucky.. it brings a tear to my eyes ... but my mommy and daddy will always be that the special people that gave me a chance to grow up happy healthy .. and of course their stubborn big mouth .. etc child LOL LOL ( i learned that from my mom ) <br /><br />Tonia<br />