[lit-ideas] Re: Joy Boy

The obits today contain a small puzzle. I can see why Tai Man Wu, born in Zengcheng, when he moved to Hong Kong or perhaps later when he moved to the U.S. (the obit doesn't make the chronology clear) named his children Victor and Sherry. No doubt his wife, Cui Jiao Deng, had some say in the matter. What I don't understand is the listing of his sisters and brothers: Kan Foon Ng, Yn Foon Ng, Wan Foon Ng and Joy Yin Hig. First of all there's the different last name--so I suppose they're step brothers and sisters--but then there's the fact that Kan, Yn and Wan are the sisters; Joy is the boy. 

David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon

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