Reiko's Name

Backstory of Parents Parent’s Marriage Adoption Story Reiko's Name Moving to Torrance Voluntarily Moving to Salt Lake City, Utah Parents in Utah Topaz Visit as a Child Coming back to Los Angeles after the war Finding out about adoption Kent State Shooting, Ohio

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My birth mother had named me Patricia and my my folks gave me the name Reiko.

Well, I usually use Patricia up until I was in junior high. I changed it to Reiko at that time because Pats and Pattys, there were so many of them. I just wanted something a little different.

Date: May 13, 2022
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Evan Kodani
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

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