My recollection is that Datu says that he moved his kids back to the Philippines to live with his parents. That leads me to believe that Datu was probably born there and immigrated to the States. As for English as a second language, Datu does break out in Tagalog a few times and doesn't seem to hesitate or stumble over it (not that I speak Tagalog, mind you) so he is probably fluent, if not native, with that language.
It's stuck in my head that Datu is taking engineering classes in night school. He may have chosen that program and he may have the maintenance job because of a background/talent with mechanical systems.
Then again, he may just be King Datu the Resourceful (props to nikvoodoo....)
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