Watching the Olympic ice dancing competition this past weekend, I was surprised to see Chris and Cathy Reed representing Japan. I know little about ice dancing, but I do recognize the national origins of names. Their teammate Yazuru Hanyu, with a distinctly Japanese name, won the gold medal for Japan in men's figure skating. Chris and Cathy Reed, according to their Olympic bios, are a brother and sister, born in Michigan. Their ties to Japan are through their mother, who is Japanese; their father is American. They train in Hackensack, New Jersey, a blue-collar town popularized by Billy Joel in "Movin Out." Aside from representing Japan, Cathy skated for Georgia in the 2010 Winter Olympics and for Israel at the 2013 World Championships. Another ice dancer, Stefano Caruso, was born in Italy, as one might surmise from his name, and is a university student in Bergamo. Yet he is skating for Germany in the Sochi Olympics, having conveniently received German citizenship last year. The...(Read Full Post)