My younger sister and I are not the same. People who don’t know that we are related would not be able to tell unless we already told them. She and I truly encompass the concept of individuality to the untrained eye. We don’t necessarily look alike, but I’ve been told that when people learn of it — or if they already knew of it — they can see the physical traits and mannerisms we share. My sister and I have gone to the same school our whole lives except for the two years that our age gap makes. Being in the same school for so long together — where many people also have siblings within the small student populations — it was not uncommon for everyone to know who was related to who. There were the occasional teachers who did not want to make the assumption that two Asian girls with the last name Liang were related to each other; however, we were usually the only two in the entire school system with that name (plus or minus a person who would come in years after both of us were already in high school). Aside from the same last name, both of our first names start with K and are spelled relatively uniquely for fairly common names.
As you can see, my name is Kaysie which is pronounced the same way as Casey but spelled in a way most of you have probably never seen. As for Kira — yeah surprise guys, this is me using my blog to tell you that Kira is my sister if you didn’t already know — it is the same as Keira.
So this leads me to where we are right now: Kira going to the same college as me and most of you not realizing we are related (insert sparkle emoji but not really…you get the point). Honestly, I enjoy the funny reactions of people who learn of me and Kira being related — shoutout to the most recent additions to the list, you know who you are. Last year when I said, “Yeah, she’s my sister. Like blood sister. As in we share the same parents,” someone asked me why I had said it like that. Well, because if I don't, people think it's a joke! They genuinely think I am lying to them and that we are trying to gaslight people. Kira and I did not just go to Korea together because we are besties — although I do love my sister and am actually friends with her — we went because we share a set of biological parents who birthed and raised us.
I was wondering what to write for my second to last blog and decided that if I had to choose something to immortalize through Asian Outlook, it would be that me and Kira are sisters.
Kaysie Liang
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