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First Line: IT HAD TO BE FROM SOMEONE WHOSE GRANDPARENTS WERE BORN IN SHANGHAI
Last Line: began writing itself down
Subject(s): ANCESTORS & ANCESTRY; ASIAN AMERICANS - CHINESE; SELF; HERITAGE; HEREDITY; CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES;
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