20th Century

Soseki, Natsume

Born to a large family in modern-day Tokyo, Soseki was fostered for the first nine years of his life, before returning to his birth family. At college he studied first Chinese and then Engl... [more]

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Spain, 1936-75

During and after the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) the Falangists (the Fascists, under General Franco) practiced child theft. Children of Republicans, their political opponents, were stolen f... [more]

Spencer, Percy LaBaron

Spencer's father died when he was 18 months old and his mother left home, leaving him to be brought up by his uncle and aunt, a poor farming family in Maine. His uncle died when he was seve... [more]

Stands In Timber, John

Stands In Timber was born the son of Stands Different and Buffalo Cow, but his father died in 1887 and his mother in 1892, and he was then raised by his grandparents. First, he and his y... [more]

Stanhope, Albert

Stanhope was a Child Migrant to Australia. Born to an unmarried woman in England, he was placed in an orphanage because she was unable to work and care for him, having no family back-up. ... [more]

Stanley, Henry Morton

Stanley was born John Rowland in Denbigh, North Wales. His family was extremely poor. His father died when he was very young and his mother left him with her father while she went to find w... [more]

Stewart, Albert Oliphant

Stewart was born in Whakatane, the son of a Scottish-Maori father and Maori mother. His mother died when he was four, and when his father remarried he was adopted by the Ngati Hokopu chief,... [more]

Stokes, Richard

In 1987 Stokes, a transracial adoptee, became the first Black member of the British Household Cavalry, but he was driven out after three years by racial harassment. "Army Improves Raci... [more]

Sudbury, Julia

Sudbury's birth parents are Nigerian (Igbo) and English; she was adopted transracially when six months old. She was born in England but now lives in the USA, where she is a visiting assista... [more]

Sykes, Annette

Sykes was the tamaiti whangai of her maternal grandparents from birth until she was seven, when she returned to her parents (Maori mother and white father). She did well in school and ha... [more]