As his parents had intended, Welly believed from a young age that he was a true American. Although he had a hidden identity, it didn't have any real meaning, and when he chatted with friends about his "Taiwanese" background, they would say, "That doesn't exist; you're Asian American."
在父母刻意栽培下，從小他就認為自己是道地的美國人，雖然還有個隱藏的身份，卻沒有任何意義；而每當他和朋友聊到他的「台灣人」背景時，所有的朋友都告訴他：「那是不存在的，你是亞裔美國人。」