re <<your coconut takes after your wife, eh?>>
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my wife has a difficult time claiming credit w/ me except by active guidance, perhaps, what w/ the musicality and voice-training and juliard-education and and and etc etc etc blah blah blah, but always i counter ...
(1) ... that perhaps as in maybe, that the coconut is a natural ... as indicative that one of coconut's many close-enough cousins (my dad's cousin) was dai ai lian
(1-i) per NY Times nytimes.com "... An elegant woman who retained her British accent, she traveled to international dance events and was a juror at the 1990 New York International Ballet Competition. She restaged some of her works in 1989 for the London-based Chinese Dance and Mime Theater. In 1981, the Royal Academy of Dance placed a bust of her in its London foyer."
(1-ii) per wikipedia en.wikipedia.org "Dai Ailian was born in Trinidad to a 3rd generation Chinese family, whose origins were in Xinhui, Guangdong Province. Influenced by her mother, who loved music, even when she was very small she liked to dance. She began studying ballet in Trinidad from the age of 7 ... Dai also participated in many international activities beginning in the 1980s, including working as a judge at international dance competitions, leading Chinese dance delegations to international dance competitions, and attending international academic meetings on dance. In 1982, she was elected the vice-chairman of the International Council for Dance of UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural and educational organ, and attended the meeting of the council in Paris every year till her death on February 9, 2006" several generations ago of the same essential chromo-lattice helps.
(1-iii) when dai died, the china state noted china.org.cn "her family intimately nicknamed her as the "cocoa chocolate.""
(1-iv) noted the trinidad press newsday.co.tt "“When Dai Ailian died at age 90 in 2006 she was buried in the prominent Babaoshan Cemetery, which is for heroes, revolutionaries and top Chinese officials. The national flag was placed on her coffin and the first person to pay respects was the Premier of China. She was revered in China,” ... "
(1-v) here be dai's story amazon.com via amazon
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(2) along w/ coconut's grand aunt (my dad's sister en.wikipedia.org " (Sylvia) Silan (1905-1996), an internationally known dancer, married the American film historian Jay Leyda; " ) sporting same lattice could be indicative that coconut's mother alone cannot account for what is :0)
here be silan's book available on amazon amazon.com
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