[celebratewewill]

I think my mother may have been in this orphanage. The details I have was she was in an orphanage run by a woman named Rene Sawada (which i am thinking was Miki), it was a Catholic orphanage that specialized in caring for children who were half Japanese and who were not accepted by the society at the time. My mother was adopted by americans who were stationed in Japan. She was born in 1952 and adopted a few years later. Both of mom's adoptive parents have passed away years ago, when i was too young to ask the questions that i have now.

Have any of you from the Saunders Home been able to find any further information about your bio family? My mom's Japanese name and her birthday we aren't even sure are accurate, or if they were assigned by the Saunders Home. We are not even sure of her bio father's ethnicity; my mother's skin is darker than "most" Japanese, and my brother has DARK brown skin. Some where along the story line, Portuguese/Brazilian has been mentioned. Does anyone know if those countries had troups located in Japan post WWII?

Feel free to PM me. I really appreciate your help. I feel so empty not knowing so much about half of me. Thank you.

[quinloe]

I too was adopted in 1970 from the Elizabeth Saunders Home. I do not have any information about the place but would love to hear from anyone who has anything to share.

[Nadasue]

Hi. I'm excited to have found this site! My brother was also adopted from the ES Home. He is (presumably) Black and Japanese. He was born in 1953 and adopted in 1955. I'm hoping to get as much information as possible to be able to present to him about this, so please, please contact me. We do have his adoption papers (in Japanese and English) and his birth mother's name is listed. Thanks.