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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Julia Banim

'My cousin's baby name is inspired by my Japanese heritage - but I'm Korean'

A woman with Korean ancestry who was adopted by a white family says she was in for a shock when she discovered her pregnant cousin had no idea what her heritage actually was.

According to this baffled woman, her cousin, who is white, has been going "back and forth" between the Japanese names Sakura and Sayuri for her unborn child.

After quizzing her cousin about this, she learned that this was because she wanted her baby "to match her favourite aunt" - meaning her. Confused, she pressed her cousin further on this and was left utterly aghast when she told her it was because she was Japanese.

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