Laura Kai Chen is 40 years old IRL and I would assume Trask is around the same age, so biologically she is old enough to be Haley’s mom. Very pretty lady, but she never gets to smile on Days.
Sounds like this is going to be a sloppily written SL considering Trask’s line of work. I can’t imagine they weren’t communicating prior to Haley coming to the US or whatever. With all of the "chain migration" that goes on, it seems like Trask could have easily brought her sister here legally.