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[Facts] Re: Mizi/Mitsiko?
You're right about the devoiced "u" in certain environments. Mitsuko can sound like "Meets-ko", but it wouldn't sound like mi-TSEE-ko, which is how the OP said her grandfather and mother were saying the name. There is no "tsi" or "tsee" sound in Japanese.

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Not what I was saying....I'm saying that if the Japanese person said it but the OP's relatives misheard it, it may have sounded like Mitsiko to them.
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