Adeline's Siblings' and Parent's Names
When Niang married Adeline's father, she gave each of everyone them English names. Big sister's name is Lydia Yen, Big brother's name is Gregory Yen, 2nd brother's name is Edgar Yen, third brother's name is James Yen, fourth brother's name is Franklin Yen and Little Sister's name is Susan Yen Niang's name is Prosperi and her father's name is Joseph. Later almost a month after Chinese Cinderella was finished, her father had another son called Eamon Yen {Yen Zi-Gung}. He is the youngest in the family and was not in the book as he was born after the book was published. Yen Zi-Gung died 1 month after his birth, therefore bad luck for Niang. After she is forced into an arranged marriage just like her sister.
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