- George Russell's middle initial Y. stands for Yoshio; his given Japanese name. He is also conversant in Japanese language.
- George was born in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. He is 4th generation Japanese-American on his mother's side. His great-grandfather, also named George, was half Japanese and half English. From Yokohama, where he was a kabuki actor, he eventually immigrated to Honolulu where he started an import-export business.
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