February 06, 2012 | 01:57 PM

Dear Johnny from Lahaina,

Forgive me, it is Johnny, right? Or should I address you as "K Kalama" from Piihana, or "James" from South Africa, or "Brian S" from Washington D.C., or "Nicholas" from Everywhere? See, all comments signed by those supposed persons came from the same IP address (yeah, our system shows that), so you can understand my confusion...

Anyway (though it matters little), I'm writing to clarify just one point: though I was indeed adopted as a toddler by an Okinawan man--who, for what it's worth, was born and raised on Maui--my biological father is kanaka maoli.

Anu Yagi
MauiTime