[ Jeannette is keeping an eye out for Pierre - or any boys matching the description of the errant twin - as she answers the question. ] Our mother is Japanese. Aside from visits to family, I have lived in Japan all my life.

[ She thinks, then decides to add: ] We have an elder brother, and his first name is Japanese; but it confused his classmates and troubled him, so our names are both fully French....

Ah, but I have not told you mine! I am Jeanne. You?