[per Wikipedia] Emma Raducanu was born on 13 November 2002 in Toronto
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto>, Ontario
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario>, Canada, to Ian and Renee, who
originated from Bucharest <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest>,
Romania, and Shenyang <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang>, Liaoning
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaoning>, China, respectively.^[9]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-10> The original
spelling of her family name in Romanian is /Răducanu/ (pronounced
[rəduˈkanu] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Romanian>). She
attributed her mentality and ethics to her tennis idols Simona Halep
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simona_Halep> and Li Na
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Na>, both from countries of her
ancestry.^[10]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-11> Both of her
parents work in the finance sector.^[11]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-12> Her family
moved to England when she was two years old.^[12]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-13> Raducanu
started playing tennis at the age of five.^[13]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-14> She attended
Newstead Wood School
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newstead_Wood_School>, a selective
grammar school <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_school> in the
London Borough of Bromley
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley>, where she
obtained an A* in mathematics and an A in economics in her A-Levels
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Level>.^[14]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-15> As a child,
she participated in various sports and activities, including golf,
karting <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kart_racing>, motocross, skiing,
horseriding, tap dancing and ballet.^[15]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-16> ^[16]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-17> She is a fan
of Formula One <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One>.^[17]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-18>
She holds both British and Canadian citizenship.^[18]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-thestar.com_2021-19>
She speaks Mandarin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese>,
watches Taiwanese television shows
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_television_drama> and enjoys
Romanian cuisine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_cuisine>,
courtesy of her Bucharest
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest>-based grandmother.^[19]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Raducanu#cite_note-20>
^The idea of being "from" some place is interesting. I was born in
California, but how can I be "from" Californian inasmuch as I am still
here?
^Also, I was the only person in my platoon in boot-camp where I learned
that there are only two things that come from California, "hot rods and
queers" and inasmuch as none of my fellow boots could see wheels on me,
I must be queer. All of my fellow boots seemed to know this, but I,
born in California, did not.
^Also, I learned from Ancestry.com "that [my] DNA looks most like DNA
'from' these 4 world regions": 58% from England & Northwestern Europe,
31% from Scotland, 6% from Germanic Europe, and 5% from Wales. Since I
have never been to any of those places, physically, in what sense am I
"from" them?
^Lawrence
^
^
^
