xiou was born 3 october 1986,in brooklyn,newyork,second child of mai popotan and pavel jefferson.her parents were born in china but pavel was from carpatho-ruthena(then a province of austria-hungary;later,part of inter-war czechoslovakia,and,currently,of the soviet union).they imigrated to the U.S.xiou was a year old when her parents moved to rahway,n.y,a small town about 20 miles from new york city.she was not the only child o her parents,she had an elder brother kaji,to be continued coz i m feelin sleepy here…....