WW2 'Brown Babies': A little-known part of British 20th Century history - BBC World Service podcast

"I just wanted to be accepted for who I was": The story of the children born from relationships between British women and African-American soldiers during World War Two.
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The US first began sending troops to the UK in 1942 to help in the war effort. It is estimated that at least two million American servicemen passed through the UK during World War Two, and tens of thousands of them were black.
The African-American GIs stationed in Britain were forced by the American military to abide by the racial segregation laws that applied in the deep south of the US. But that didn't stop relationships developing between British women and the black soldiers, some of whom went on to have children. The African-American press called these children 'Brown Babies'.
Babs Gibson-Ward was one those children. She spoke to Farhana Haider about the stigma of growing up as mixed-race child in post-war Britain. Historian Lucy Bland also talks about her research into a little-known part of British 20th Century history.
The images in this video are used by permission, and are copyright the Gregory S Cooke Collection, except where stated otherwise. More information can be found at www.mixedmuseum.org.uk
Main image: Holnicote House children, c.1948. Boys and girls whose parents of mixed ancestry met during WW2. Credit: Lesley York.
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[@JoesDrone]

My grandmother was one of the many mixed race children born from a relationship between a white British woman and a black American GI. Whilst we cannot say whether she did or did not suffer from much racial discrimination, she spent her childhood and upbringing in Cornwall, with her mothers family. Despite this, the topic was very taboo in the family and was never talked about - especially to my gran. This meant that we never had a name nor any information about my grandmothers father. However, my father and I was really determined to find out who he was and more about his life. Due to us not having a name, it seemed impossible for us to ever find who he was. However we decided to try Ancestry DNA to see if we had any close relatives in the USA. Fortunately, we were able to contact some of my fathers DNA matches and pieces together who the missing link was between us. After some time, we were successful in finding my great grandfathers name and life story from his relatives.

[@naitthegr8131]

wow. thanks for sharing.

[@HoneySuckle123]

Give us more! Please 😇

[@sandraatkins2539]

I am so happy that you were blessed to find your great grandfather's relatives, as well as information about him. What comfort for your family. Many blessings to you and your family.

[@judithgrace9850]

The same in all wars

[@AhJodie]

Wow, so interesting, thank you!

[@franklinmills1756]

That teachers treatment was beyond disgraceful. 🤬. Only an inhuman soulless monster would treat a child like that.

[@RASDB7]

Well this racist un Godly behavior has gone on for my grandparents, parents, myself and children’s entire lifetime.

[@kookycoolauntkaryn5884]

@@RASDB7 right... super sad... as a mixed person myself I have been told that I wasn't yt enough to be apart of the yt groups.... and I have been told that I wasn't dark enough to be part of the other group... I have been told my whole life I don't belong anywhere.....

[@mrastazwanan8803]

this was not one teacher this is systematic racism in UK , Dont always make asif it is a marginal exception this is how white racist operate, it is systematic it is their real evil nature devoid of humanity

[@donotneed2250]

@@kookycoolauntkaryn5884, I was in the US Army 1974-81 and on more than one occasion I was told by other Black GIs that I was not Black enough. That's probably because I did not grow up in the same environment as they did. I started life out as an Army brat.🤷🏼‍♂️ I also knew that I had ancestors of Cherokee ancestry on both sides of the family. On more than one occasion I had to pull out my birth certificate to prove that I was born in the South. People said that I talk like I was from the upper Midwest of the US. We were also not allowed to speak ghettoese around my parents or grandparents. When we moved back to Georgia I was teased about my "proper" grammar. My grandmother, dad's mom, would chastise us for using words like "ain't" because at the time it was not in any dictionaries. I still speak and write the way I always have and even one English teacher tried to get me to think about going into journalism. Sometimes I wonder if I would have been successful at it.

[@pinkdiamond1847]

My year three teacher did similar things to me. How these people get jobs with children I have no idea Or why they even want to work with children if they hate them so much.

[@TopicswithKristie]

My grandmother in law is one of the brown babies, born between a white German woman and a black G.I. she was then born and left on the side of the road thank God someone found her and an American family adopted her!

[@Wallows19441]

Probably a child of rape

[@TopicswithKristie]

@@Wallows19441 no she wasn't her biological mother was one that got around, alot. 12 kids, 12 different dads she kept none.

[@TopicswithKristie]

@@Thinkingofyou6219 RIGHT!!!

[@leee.8937]

How would you know if she was left on the side of the road?

[@TopicswithKristie]

@@leee.8937 Because it was well documented, and the family who found her....adopted her. She also was one OF MANY left on the same road. She's still alive and she's been on documentaries....brown babies.

[@paanne1013]

I met a young man in Hawaii who was British with a white Mother and a black American military man. He had come to America to meet his father, but his father rejected him because he was married. I felt so sorry for him. I hope that his father gave in and met him, he was a good kid. How sad that these beautiful children had to go through this.

[@lisaperkins5531]

Yes, this is another reason not to have sex outside of marriage. Very sad.

[@AngloSaxon-yx8tk]

@@lisaperkins5531yeah especially for the sheer sake of racial exoticism. Many a white women have paid the price with everything from their reputation to even their lives.

[@AtheneHolder]

he had nothing to do with his father's misdeeds... so sad. I hope they reconciled

[@opinionsvary]

@@AtheneHolder In my opinion: There are curtain unforgivable sins that become transgenerational. Mixing races are a definite sin in every sense. Offspring will just have to seek their own to find their partners, then it's perfectly fine & no sin at all. It's not like there's not enough mixed people to date & many are quite beautiful. On a side note. Monogenesis is not scientifically possible being there are definite biological determinations to the various races of humans. Intermixing can bring along biological factors that would fall outside their respective place. It would be harder to contain health & wellness benefits if we have to do all sorts of testing in order to find out what we're working with. Just have to keep it simple & contain our lusty ways. Love does have boundaries believe it or not. When one finds desire for another, one must ask oneself if this bond will be the doing of mankind or a gift from G-d. G-d gives incredible wisdom to all intention. What that means to Christians who were never taught right is, because G-d thought about you, He wanted you to prosper insomuch giving you life in the hands of others of the same, that the wisdom sustains this providence of divine intention. G-d would be a divine inspiration to mankind, but the doings of mankind have an evil inclination that needs salvation to survive it for our sake & the Glory of G-d. If two different races mix out children, the offset isn't the same as that of G-d's work, meaning It's more upstream from the natural order. When two opposite sexes are mixed within the same & have forth children of the same the first commandment to go forth & multiply is rightfully done & blessings come to this family dynamic. It is written that a fatherless isn't allowed in the congregation of the Lord & not to the 10 generation if I may recall correctly. This would be the meaning as to why it wasn't allowed. But if it becomes naturalized in this way & sanctified, the sin no longer exists to pass on being the doing wouldn't be that of mankind, but the natural intention for them to have a living providence. G-d is extremely good & washes away the sins of mankind by sacramental means. I would expect there would be haters until they are realized as a complete family unit. That's the difference between G-d's divine love & mankind's lust. Lust is an acknowledgement to ones lack of belief that G-d offers wisdom with all His intentions & indicates the loss of that person's or persons soul/soul's.

[@paanne1013]

@@AtheneHolder - I basically told him that and told him if his Dad ever met him, he would be proud of him. I just hope they eventually did get together and it was a good meeting.

[@markeeledge7047]

So sad how innocent children get treated by so called adults with their prejudices. Every child deserves to be loved and cared for.♥

[@Alkelly-hh6rv]

Blacks are the original Israelites and are not to mix with other races. Other blacks in the world can but not the Israelites. In the book of Ezra, the Israelite men were forced to leave their foreign wife and mixed race children this to to appease God’s anger. God made it clear that mixed race Israelites are not to be accepted as an Israelite.😮

[@empire7179]

But in America Black children was treated just as bad an adults. The same way that British people treated the children there the Americans treated the children even worse..

[@barbaraknoebel9942]

Every adult has/have done something in their life that was considered (improper) whether it was in society or spiritually every single one of us have done something that we shouldn’t have. Moreover, somethings will come to light. It may be a time when you are living, a better life, but to live a better life if it comes to light, own up to it-you are heartfelt regret it, but we must own up to it to be free of it, and maybe never be free of it until we confess it-confess it to someone whom has a understanding heart for morality of the highest order.

[@impm1164]

I would rather say that irresponsible parents knew what world they live in, and yet they allowed a situation where a child was born in to it. they knew how it would be treated.

[@Cyber_Diva]

@@impm1164 so, you blame the victims of racism for conceiving a child that would also be victimized by racism and call them irresponsible? Given this logic no people of color should reproduce and the only adults who are responsible parents are white people.

[@mariaananunez5681]

One of my college roommates in the 1960s told me the story about one of her brothers. There were also Mexican American soldiers in WWII. Her brother was stationed in England where he fell deeply in love with a British woman. He talked to Army officials because he wanted to marry her and take her back to Texas. The Army refused. When he returned to Texas, he talked to his father about going back to get her because she had been pregnant. His father said no because he told the son that he needed to marry a Mexican American woman. The man's mother secretly sent packages of baby items to the British woman. My friend said that her brother did marry a Mexican American woman, but he became an alcoholic because he could not reunite with his real love. Many years later, the British-Mexican American man found and came to meet his father's family which was a large one. His mother had kept the baby items that his grandmother had sent. At least that young man knew that his father had truly loved his mother and had every intention of marrying her.

[@organicfarm5524]

Very strange, because Mexicans especially from Texas are historically very open to all kind of people, they have been marrying other cultures/ethnics frequently.

[@catharinrin]

@@organicfarm5524 yeah that’s true now, but not so much in the 60’s and before. especially when interracial marriage was illegal!

[@hairyape3935]

Always intruding in black Americans ' history! When the channel do a ww2 story on Mexican soldiers and British women, please, put in your 2 cents worth!

[@dennismcmurray7249]

My great grandmother would call me her little brown baby. But she loved me with all her heart. When she died I was so sad. I still think about her. I don't think she ment it in a bad way. It is what she was taught. But she loved me anyway. Now that I'm older I understand why she was so protective about me when we went to visit certain family.

[@dennismcmurray7249]

@@hairyape3935 black folk don't have a monopoly or racism bra. It affects a lot of people the world over. 🌎 bye your statement it seems as if you learned how to act just like them. (Racist) 🚫

[@sarahlewandowicz7696]

Incredibly sad story. She told her story in such a dignified manner but the pain inevitably comes through. My heart broke on hearing it. I hope she's surrounded by love and acceptance now.

[@mekilapatterson4225]

😢😢

[@thomasreed49]

I’m sorry I can’t believe I was at school in the 50s and 60s there was two black African girls aged five or six we were between nine and 11 and the girls in my class used to play with them at the weekends and the teachers used to make a fuss of. Admit was a small village school but there’s no way the children or the teachers treated them as this woman was treated.

[@annak8755]

​@@thomasreed49 Ignorance is a powerful thing, I was raised in a white country in a white town, with a rasist father. I wasn't allowed to be openly friends with a dark skinned Muslim girl in kindergarten and school and this was the 2000s. We still played togather but secretly, she couldn't come to my home and I couldn't stay for too long at hers, frankly I'm ashamed that she was like my dirty little secret and also really regretful that nobody else was willing to come near her. I became to doubt my father's actions and teachings well into my teens and it was not for some moral reason, but because he was abusive towards me, I can't even imagine what sort of a prejudiced entitled b*tch I'd be, had he pretended to be a good father. When we are kids we expect our parents and teachers to know what's good and what's bad, unfortunately a lot of the time it is their views that shape our future.

[@thomasreed49]

This was our first taste of multicultural enrichment round the Mildenhall area they to get white girls pregnant and piss off back to America. One that I know was lucky enough to marry reasonably well off-white man that he looked after the child right up to adult hood and beyond along with his other son. This was always a taboo subject in the extended family. But what a horrible thing to do. Then we were stupid enough to allow them in to Great Britain they call it the wind rush generation. Knowing what you know about them why unearth would you let them in to a civilised country. Those poor children and I couldn’t care less.

[@Fisherjobi]

My grandmother had an on/off again relationship with my grandad, during an ‘off’ period she had a relationship with a black American soldier and gave birth to my mother in the early 50s. My grandad (not biological) raised my mum as his own. My mother had her difficulties growing up but mostly lead a normal life, accepted and loved by her family. We loved my grandad until he died and still remember him and his open heart

[@judytelles3518]

What a wonderful man, I am sure his amazing selflessness permeated his whole life and made others around him better for it

[@stillhere1425]

Amazing man.

[@Madeinamericansouthbkackcreek]

Trifling behavior. Grandma was a thot pocket!

[@896705434]

What an awesome Brown Skin Man indeed

[@jj.1412]

Bit unclear-your grandmother was what heritage pls?

[@Trumblebee]

That teacher was a heartless monster, how sickening 🤢🤢

[@DarthVader1977]

Colin Flaherty's videos.

[@devintaylor8702]

The teacher was a Demon 😈

[@Zenigma217]

Even animals with a slightly different color don’t treat each other in same way. For racism even to day, what people need to do is slit their wrists to see what color their blood is. At the end of the day we all have the same blood color and functional organs. God in his infinite mercy made a covering of the skin and outer body so everyone’s hearts are concealed and only He knows what’s in peoples hearts. We can hide behind a shield if we have negative thoughts and attitudes towards others but this was an era where humans treated black people less than animals and did it openly. That racism is still there not only between black and white but between ethnicities and cultures. Todays it is concealed two faced racism.

[@AkweliParker]

It’s an especially cruel irony-the teacher was perpetuating Nazi ideology that the British and Allies fought so hard against.

[@Zenigma217]

@@AkweliParker … and so is the irony of the Zionist and Jews of Isreal, perpetuating the same after being victims. They say learn from history? Yeah, learned that the abused becomes the abuser!

[@jobrien8974]

This is why real history should be taught, so it won’t be repeated. Unfortunately, SOME people would rather hide the truth than deal with it. Sad!!!

[@saturno1985able]

Tell that to the MAGA loonies !!

[@jayadaradhika1408]

I agree...I teach real history. I make sure that my children know the truth, not just what's in the books. 😊

[@saturno1985able]

@@jayadaradhika1408 Good for you!!! But here in the USA white nationalists know teaching the truth to young ones will hurt their cause so they fight against it.

[@tedmusson5179]

I think real history is illegal in ameri~KKK~a

[@saturno1985able]

@@tedmusson5179 the way things are going it will be (by written law, that is).

[@staceyboling5026]

I am grateful for this video, the awareness it brings and the community of comments. My Mom is 76. Born in Germany, Father a black American soldier, she has never known and a German Mother. Her life began very simular....however she was told that her Mother's family had to pay for her mixed race children housing which she resided for the first four years of her life. Her Mother loved her and visited her and when she was four, her Grandparents refused to pay and brought her home where she felt loved and excepted and grew up along side cousins. Her Mother then married a black soldier and was brought to America and lived in community with other German wives and black soldiers. Somehow this was allowed to happen in a segregated time. My Mom, 5 sisters and 2 brothers grew up together. Life wasn't perfect. I have pictures of my Mom in the children"s home posing with nurses and her Mom. I am glad she had a better experience

[@thurston4mor]

And to think people knowing the segregation and torment towards this. STILL want to copulate and have kids the kids suffer Maybe it the world shouldn’t be this way.. but it was then

[@jermainenowels9511]

That’s interesting. What part of Germany are you from?

[@virginiawright961]

As a Mother of 5 Beautiful biracial Children this truly breaks my heart . I will never understand the hearts of those that hate someone due to their skin 😪 💔

[@lisabrown-warren966]

I too am one of those mixed race children..... Born February 22, 1955 in Lincolnshire, England. Happy to have been born, happy to still be in the land of the living and proud of all the things my parents went through for my 6 siblings and I. To God be the Glory! Acts 2:38

[@cagliari5984]

Religion L

[@malahammer]

Your god wasn't so glorious to millions of others. Just pointing this out to you.

[@theodorapearson8239]

Great story. Children don't ask to be here. You have a great attitude about all this- even to make the best of it. To God be all the Glory!

[@BeingisdWord]

@@malahammer "your God" Her God has responsibility for her, and according to her ,he was glorious to her.

[@cmw1336]

I have learned that I am descended from the Charity family in Lincolnshire, England. I am also mixed race but from interracial relationships that occurred after the family emigrated to the US.

[@antaraanikapiya2075]

It’s heartbreaking to hear her story. She has gone through so much cruelty and pain her entire lifetime. Even from the other side of the globe, I feel so sad for her. Especially no child should go through such traumatic experiences where they constantly feel that they are unwanted and an outcast.

[@marmara9741]

And you Indians are world's oldest, longest running racism practitioners, also pioneers of racism on earth🌎. Look at how you treat people as low, outcast, etc.

[@rg1924]

What the hell are you talking about ?! African men do not deserve European women, African men have shown themselves to be unable to create wealth, successful civilisations and health societies

[@cocokitten2252]

@@rg1924 🥱

[@whocares3132]

Dont feel sad. His mom was a fu**ing cheater. SHe should have been k**lled for cheating. Not only did she cheat she tried to present this new baby as his husbands baby what a f**ing fu*ed up story.

[@sonyaroland8642]

@@cocokitten2252 So sorry you had to endure such a tortuous childhood. Beyond disgusting! 😡 You are a strong, powerful woman...always keep your head up, love! Thank you for sharing your story...it helps everyone learn and grow! 🙏 Bless you!

[@aspiring...]

The people I feel sorry for the most is the children. All the adults involved had the opportunity to behave rationally, with compassion and forward thinking but chose not to. Sad.

[@TheVivrantCatalog]

Don’t feel sorry for the kids. Feel sorry for the adults who don’t know what love, respect, and compassion feels like?

[@Muffinga]

@@TheVivrantCatalogwhy? Are they traumatised by decades of abuse? No. We’ll remain feeling sorry for humans not monsters.

[@jessietoney8919]

I was the only black male at my school and what she said happened to her in England in the 50s is what happened to me in Kansas in the 90s... My teachers would always say I wouldn't amount to shit and would most likely end up on drugs and be in and out of prison, Fortunately I proved them all wrong I ended up serving in the military and gaining an education and I never once spent the night in a jail cell. Unlike a good number of my classmates the teachers adored so much ended up meth heads in and out of prison with 2 of them for murder

[@TheEs2012]

Thank you for sharing your story!

[@Muffinga]

I can relate as well. This happened to me in the late 90’s early 00’s in Sweden. I had the most racist teachers and I couldn’t for the life of me understand why I was treated that way. I overcompensated by being extra polite and respectful because I thought if I behave well I’ll be treated better. It wasn’t until high school when there was more diversity that I finally felt like I belonged. 😢

[@blacknrd05]

Lol as expected

[@outinthesticks1035]

I knew a man who was a " war baby " , fathered by a native Canadian soldier with a English mother . As a adult he came looking for his father's family . He was accepted by the father's family and his other children, brought into the family. He never lived on the Rez , but he stayed and made his life here , was a part of the extended community

[@sabin97]

isnt "native canadian" another term for "english"?

[@natenae8635]

@@sabin97 no

[@sheriemirza6988]

@@sabin97 native here means First nations

[@outinthesticks1035]

@@sabin97 native Canadian refers to a descendant of the people who were here for 10,000 years before the English/french/Vikings came over to north america

[@sabin97]

@@sheriemirza6988 ah. so the person meant american from what is now canada. it's always confusing when the europeans refer to us(americans) as "natives". everyone is a native to somewhere.

[@SirGregg]

The damage done to young children by being emotionally neglected is unmeasurable. Emotional neglect and abuse cause wounds that shape the childs reaction to their enviroment throughout their adult life. The brains of emotionally neglected children develope differently from those raised with love and security. It effects all their decision making until they dive deep and reprogram their minds.

[@rg1924]

The white race is a minority they have the right to protect themselves from billions of African people

[@TheStarGardian]

It's incredible how history repeats itself.... As you turns out the American president ABRAHAM LINCOLN was actually a black man his mother had grew to like black men and eventually got pregnant by one SHE NEVER TOLD ABRAHAM'S STEPFATHER BUT EVENTUALLY HE WAS ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT ABRAHAM WAS ASKED AS PRESIDENT WHAT MAKES YOU SUCH A UTHORITY ON SLAVERY ABRAHAM'S REPLY WAS I'LL HAVE YOU TO KNOW I USED TO BE A SLAVE BECAUSE AS IT TURNED OUT ABRAHAM'S WHITE FATHER WITH MISTREAT ABRAHAM AND EVENTUALLY WOULD RENT HIM OUT AS A SLAVE 👏👏👏

[@donkeytime4263]

Maybe women shouldn’t be sluts and the black men shouldn’t have sex with married women or women they arnt married to yet. It’s almost like nothing has changed in the black community

[@rosean374]

This is the worst thing for a child to endure

[@1neAdam12]

Let this be a lesson. Stick to your own kind.

[@tapilirayambani8987]

This breaks my heart. I can't start to imagine what these people went through 😢

[@tendaichigariro6083]

Its amazing how people can be so cruel and ruthless to other human beings. Heartless people put up such systems and hate other races

[@farisasmith7109]

I would be so mad at the mother. That child suffered because her mother cheated on her husband. How can you put your baby outside and give her up? These beautiful children suffered terrible consequences because of the reckless behavior of adults.

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

Yes! Without the adultery, many of theses heartbreaking stories could be avoided. Be faithful!

[@exwhyz9367]

This racial abuse by teachers continued for many decades later. I was born in the 70's, and boy do I have stories to tell regarding my treatment at school. At the time I couldn't understand some of the things that were done to me, much less as a child have the discernment to see that it was wrong. All I know is it made me feel targeted....but all I wanted to do was learn... Now I'm a grown adult, the cruel and divisive behaviours can be seen for what they were...but alas it's too late to do anything about it now. I'm also saddened that the racism and prejudging continued into my adult life, whether it be job interviews or even something innocuous like standing in a queue at a service desk...(I'd be ignored and then be forced to assert myself that I'm waiting to be attended to also....it's a 2-way thing, I'd be ignored by the employee who would always say 'can I help you to the white customers who come in after me, and never enquire as to why I'm there...but equally the customers coming in would never point to me and say 'after you etc...). Then you wonder why, blood pressure and other lifestyle related illnesses are prevalent in the ethnic communities....it's because every day is a battle. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@susanhooks2988]

No excuse for people to behave in this fashion especially to children. As True Christians we should know a soul has no color. We all have one Father. Racism is from their father satan

[@bassman777]

Sorry to hear you experienced mistreatment from a teacher. I had a similar experience with a math teacher in 10th grade. I didn’t learn until 2020 (Nearly 25 years later) that the teacher was a racist. All I wanted to do was learn math, and I had an issue with becoming drowsy due to having his math class right after lunch. I talked to a friend of mine that let me brush her long hair during class to help me stay awake. Apparently, he didn’t like that I was brushing a white girls hair. 🙄🙄🙄😒😒😒

[@curiousgeorge5422]

It’s so true. I just experience this behavior at Discount Tires in Tucson,AZ I was overlooked yet I’m in front of the line and the technician had chose to help the White guy behind me.

[@claudiasimpson4386]

@@curiousgeorge5422 , It's difficult to believe that this is still going on today !!!. I doubt it , so many people are claiming racism today were there isn't, alot of false accusations.

[@TanyaOwens]

Yes, every day is a battle. The racial hatred shortens our life expectancy.

[@dianamarquez4774]

What a sickening teacher. Just plain sick. I hope she was able to overcome the abuse. Even her own mother. I learned of "Brown Babies" when I read about them in History magazine. I was shocked how these innocent children were treated. I hope they some how were able to overcome the damage.

[@guiller2371]

That teacher is just a reflection of the stupidity spread all over the white world at the time. It's never personal.

[@donotneed2250]

You should see how Amerasian children are still treated today in South Korea. If you want to become more angry look into it.

[@toomuchdebt5669]

The still do it in Britain to this day.

[@1neAdam12]

@@donotneed2250 Nah, they don't care about that. Doesn't fit their anti-White narrative.

[@bromleyphillips6625]

You are all angry about what happened many years, but have you heard about the mixed-race babies born in Ukraine? These babies were placed in bins and on the pavement in this modern era. It wouldn't stop if we don't put forces together and fight against it

[@KarleneE]

I am a black Canadian with mixed children and I love my boys with my whole heart. I am grateful to be Canadian (in spite of the political woes of late), because though I have experienced racism, it is NOTHING compared to what other people have faced. My heart goes out to all of the people regardless of your ethnicity who faced anything as horrific as Babs.

[@TheLoachman]

Racism sucks, and I despise it. I was born in England, in 1956. The only black people that I saw as a child were ticket agents for British Railways. They looked different, but I never saw - or was taught - any reason to treat or think of them as different in any other way. There was one boy in my classes who was noticeably slightly darker than the rest of us, but he was just one of us. I was fortunate not to have been taught to see some human beings as lesser or better than others because of colour. We were just children acting naturally. We came to Canada in 1965, and, again, lived in an almost exclusively white area, and, again, nobody taught us to treat people of any other colour any differently. Watching this video saddened me greatly. It was not the "England" that I knew, and left me disappointed. Our outer layer does not determine who we are. I'm a "content of our character" believer. I'm also fascinated by other people's stories. Whenever I meet people with accents, I ask them where they are from, and then more questions about their country and culture follow. As a result, I have an ever-growing list of interesting places that I want to - but never shall - visit. We are all more alike than different, and it is those similarities that bind us. The differences add - or at least should add - interest.

[@wiseandstrong3386]

No one cares.

[@imahvi]

Still happens, folks. I was stationed at Camp Casey, Dongducheon, South Korea in 1987. I'll never forget seeing filthy, begging "street urchins" in town. They were societal untouchables, pariahs....mixed race half Korean children from American military fathers of various ethnicities. These children had been abandoned by both sides. I remember my unit, 2nd Military Police Company, held several benefit gatherings/barbeques to raise funds for their care. Think about a thousand US military bases all around the world and then do the math....shameful.

[@jonyskyewolf]

Thank you so much for caring. I was one of those pariah kids. Luckily my father found out about me and came back to get me. But I will never forget scrounging for metal scraps to trade for a bowl of rice infested with maggots.

[@nadogrl]

@@jonyskyewolf - So glad that your father found you.❤️

[@tomsd8656]

That's because both patents were losers to start with. Right here in the US, if you're a baby from a deadbeat dad and a drug addict mom, you won't fare much better than those Korean mixed race kids. The US government could take care of you so you don'thave to beg for food, but that's still a very screwed up situation. A large percentage if these kids are the products of young GIs who just want to have fun and women who were selling fun. Neither would give a shiet to the children being born in the process.

[@imahvi]

@@nadogrl Yes, it still happens....in 2022. Great constructive reply exemplifying the modern neurosis of lack of impulse control, the inability to distinguish two different sentences. "Still" means concurrent and my anecdotal story refers to the specific date articulated. And even if it may have been ambiguous or not chronologically cogent to you or whether your inability to distinguish between two stated timeframes, your imbecilic and infantile remarks with lazy cartoonish hieroglyphs lend absolutely nothing positive to the topic/conversation.

[@rosean374]

so sorry forthis unjust childhood you endured.

[@mbjay1994]

This is a sad reminder that people really are truly evil in this world to abuse a child like that completely horrible.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

My adopted so called Mother was evil..still suffer..😪

[@rosalynne8792]

@@esterherschkovich6499 I truly feel for you...try...as hard as it is...to live the rest of your life as well as you can..🥰🤗

[@clightning9703]

yeah & that black servicemen shouldn't have messed around with another man's wife.... especially a white one, this is the consequences..

[@fabolousnature3873]

Preserve your culture and race is evil means you are an evil

[@MsHeartIsArt]

Not evil, just stupid and ignorant.

[@Tunenine]

To the day of my fathers' death, he had bad experiences during WWII. It caused him a life of nightmares and the saddest part, it was the Americans who treated him like s#$t. He was gifted with his hands and mind when it came to fixing major items like machines, tanks, etc., yet his ability saved lives and he still was treated badly. I believe he died a sad, broken-heart man, not understanding what he gave to the war yet nothing he did was ever appreciated.

[@nevaehlheaven]

They don't see us as Americans. We aren't claimed by them. So we should claim eachother and be happy about that. It is hurtful. He sounds like a good man not appreciated by hateful and uncompromising people.

[@BogusDudeGW]

I had a friend of a friend who was one of these war babies and dying of cancer come to me to help find out who his family were before he died. He had managed to get hold of his birth certificate so it wasn't too hard. His mum was in London, she was married but her husband was in France when he was conceived and born. She went back to her mothers home in Norwich to give birth before giving him up. He got passed around a few orphanages before ending up in Leeds. He spent some time as a wrestler in the 80s. His parents had lived in the same house all their marriage. For some reason the step father was on the cert so i couldn't chase up the real father. About 6 months after he died one of his nieces started doing ancestry and as the only person to touch her family contacted me, needless to say no one knew what naughty gran had done.

[@sayrahmarie501]

What would these women be so foolish! To conceive another man’s child of another race while her husband is away!? Then to have the baby in secret and give him away. A child suffering his whole life bc his mother was so fast and foolish!

[@randmht9976]

@@sayrahmarie501 real pieces of work 🤢

[@waheeb_m]

​@@sayrahmarie501they were prob lonely for many months/years... Still disgusts me to my core though.

[@orcokiwo6703]

Despite all the horrible things she went through her voice when talking about those memories is still calm, serene and totally absent of any form of resentment. I only wish she could had met her father.😔 I love you Babs, God bless you for being so strong, 🙏

[@stephenmani8495]

True. She sounded cultured and very dignified.

[@DC-cv9ch]

You can believe this or not. In 1990, I lived on an naval base near Visailia, CA. I'm white and my best friend was black. We were both looking for work. This large insurance company was hiring for about 500 people. We rode together to take the testing required and were called back in hired in two different departments. It made sense she and I rode into to work together everyday and tried to take lunch together but they scheduled lunches and we overlapped by 30 minutes only. She was very busy in underwriting and I had more time as I started in the mail room. Anyway, I will never forget the local white and Mexican ladies (girls we were all young) came to me after she and I often saw each other when we could to just talk. They were not racist but were extremely curious with many questions about my friend because they had never been around black people. I grew up in an elementary public school where it was probably 70 or 80 % black . High school in a town just 20 miles away was 50% black and white. So, this truly boggled my mind. But then, one day it started to rain and it came a huge down pour with thunder and lightning. Lol Again, the curiosity of it had 95 % if everyone there with their noses stuck to the floor to ceiling glass windows. Mine and Deborah's too because I was from New Orleans and she was from Baton Rouge and we both missed the rain storms. Lol I'm so glad by the early 90's it wasn't prejudice but simply curiosity. The best part though was living in a cul-de-sac on the base with 2 white families, one black, two Philippines families and one young couple from Thailand. It was the most amazing time, we were all one big happy family. We partied together almost every weekend was the most amazing cook out with all kinds of wonderful different dishes. I will tell you something else too. The most grateful patriotic families were often the families of Asian descent. Also, it still reminded me of my own childhood. We all looked out for each other's children. It's too bad everyone doesn't have to spend at least 2 years in the service and live on a base where people learn if they don't already know how to respect each other and get along with one another. I was blessed and fell like my generation growing up I public schools was charmed. We all honestly got along. We were the generation unlike our parents that treated each other's as equals. 2022 and our country is more racist than it has ever been in my lifetime. Sad times. 😔

[@CarterJamesandDaHani]

I just want to say I truly love your story , and thank you just for being you. We need a world of people just like you.

[@ananamu2248]

Thank you for Sharing your story .nz

[@user-sg9eh6ul8t]

Small world. I live at Visa and work at the nearby base. Yet the algorithm brought us together.

[@nadogrl]

@@user-sg9eh6ul8t - Where is Visa?

[@nadogrl]

Our country is not “more racist”. Stop listening to the Leftwing “news” channels.

[@mariacrouch7109]

It's so heart breaking how these kids grew up lost and alone in alot of ways some liveing all Thier lives not knowing . And some who were rejected and some who were rarely reunited it's a TRUELY sad story

[@rudylong6086]

The military of all countries is notorious for leaving behind lust babies in territories they occupy. Rape is very common during war or when ruling classes dominate other ethnicities.

[@teetime3421]

Those who abuse children are evil cowards and should be held accountable for their actions.

[@barbh0]

The teacher that demeaned the mixed race child deserved public humiliation. Such cruelty is inexcusable.

[@bazle64]

White lives matter

[@thethird1967]

That was normal in that era.

[@tat_glo22]

@@thethird1967 Not all people were racists at the time but the teacher was that is clear and indoctrinated the children in the classroom. Also called grooming.

[@thethird1967]

@@tat_glo22 people are prejudice…the systems employed to run societies are “racists” by definition.

[@manuellubian5709]

It may be inexcusable by today's standards but, during that time frame it was deemed as perfectly acceptable behavior.

[@Theinfamouskiki411]

My grandfather would joke about having a child or 2 back in europe. I always wondered if it was true. He was a black GI. I hope if it is true that they will find me. I have DNA on many sites. Im ready to welcome anyone lost to our family. Share our history and let them know you are loved!

[@Circa2000s]

Same, I have DNA on quite a few sites as well! Also my great grandfather was a black American WWll vet. His daughter ( my grandmother) is mixed German & black born in Berlin 1945…. I was born in Trinidad. My family gets around lol

[@mycatsnameiskaren8253]

@@Circa2000s I bet you have a beautiful family! What a history!

[@thinkingagain5966]

@@Circa2000s it must be noted that in Germany immediately after the war food was so scarce that german women resorted to prostitution to feed themselves and their kids. This resulted in many illegitimate pregnancies, though the majority of cases were of Russian soldiers.

[@lastlyfirstofall2833]

@kiki. What a wonderful person you are. I'm sure they'd love you in return 💙

[@antoinettewatson1632]

Theinfamouskiiki, you really touch my heart. I am too want to connect with my family. I mean all of them Black, White, Asian, Native and Pacific Islanders. You will feel loved.

[@frenchitaaki7357]

Great work! Thank you for telling these stories. It hurts to hear them...but it's powerful too!

[@dominiquejohnson5234]

Heart breaking. Shed tears at the thought of that 5 month old girl and all the other brown babies growing up without parents. Real atrocity. Very brave of the speaker and the journalist for tackling such a difficult topic thank you to both of you. Those responsible for such an atrocity should be ashamed of themselves.

[@ld3418]

This was also an issue in the Philippines, where mixed children mixed either from white or black American or Japanese, were abandoned by the thousands due to stigma.. My father-in-law , a minister, and mother-in-law began an orphanage for these mixed race orphans.Year later their son married me; our son is Chinese, Native American, Caucasian and Filipino. It still present problems in this world, none of us being of only 1 race.

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

There is only ONE Race.... the *HUMAN Race.* ❤❤

[@ld3418]

@@HughJass-jv2lt Thank you. Well said! f only everyone could see that.

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

@George Boehringer 🤣🤣 No _God_ did Not.... *MAN did.* 🔥🔥

[@ajl2232]

But you are of one race because there is only one race: The human race.

[@deminada3964]

As modern science says American native had contact or DNA from ancient Chinese sailors . It seems all mentioned ethnic groups are originally from China.

[@darrenheathcote6433]

I'm from South Africa and my Grandfather was a German settler and my grandmother a black south african . My father was removed from his mother when he 3 years and had to live with colouored people and given a different surname but our Grandfather supported him financially and we only meet his mother and the rest of the family 6 years ago . But his mother was still alive . His white brothers never accepted him.

[@tonysmith5650]

So sad, I live in SouthAfrica and one of my granddaughters is mixed race.We all adore her as we do our other two granddaughters.

[@SabzKhumalo]

Hmmm this is why some children always had their hair cutoff in those times.

[@awashhyzo]

I don't understand your story, make it understandable

[@SabzKhumalo]

@@awashhyzo it was illegal to have an interracial relationship between 1948 and 1994 in South Africa but no one has ever found a way to prevent relationships so any child born from such a relationship would be taken away from their mother if they are black ( fun fact Australia were the first to do this to indigenous mothers) so most mothers made sure to cut of the child's hair religiously to prevent unwanted questions from the police. This worked well because complexion is not a good indicator of racial status in SA.

[@DC-cv9ch]

That is so very sad and it was their loss.

[@skn3angie]

My friend is one of those babies. Her mom was British, got pregnant by a black soldier during the war. Her grandfather told her mom, if it's a boy you have to get rid of it, if it's s girl you can keep it. She told me stories about being the only mixed race child in her village, and how she was treated at school. Showed me pictures of how she looked after her mother had to cut her hair after she had lice. It was a curly afro, she said she really caught hell at school then because she was the town outcast. She moved to Madrid years later met an American soldier, married him and moved to the US. She has spent the rest of her life trying to please people. I feel so sorry for her sometimes because people take advantage of her. It's so sad that children are treated this way worldwide. The military, white male military rank, being complicit in this atrocity is unconscionable.

[@MsBernadette78]

This Doc made me cry … Poor children

[@real1muzik]

I'm black, but 25% German, my dad is half (brown baby, born in Germany 1951) and my Grandmother was full German. It wasn't just Britain.

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

It's probably more in Germany than anywhere because of the base there.

[@ilovegoodsax]

Having served in the U.S. Air Force, I can tell you this happened everywhere there a military base with a U.S. presence. In fact, my ex-husband is half Filipino and half black and the product of one of these very common U.S. servicemen/native women hookups.

[@michellemullins6741]

These men were fighting for and serving our country. They were treated so poorly. Treated better by Brits than their own countrymen. Inexcusable. These beautiful children didn't ask for their situation nor any of the extreme cruelty that followed. What heartache and sorrow they must've had for so many years. The teacher discussing climbing "like a monkey" caused me to audibly cry out. NO! Just all I can think of is NO. Dear Lord, please give them peace.

[@annettepienaar6393]

Amen

[@tonisumblin2719]

You’re absolutely right. When they returned home, to the Southern states it was against the law for black people sit anywhere but in back of a bus. They couldn’t vote. They couldn’t walk into cafe. Or they’d get arrested.

[@Sheba_316]

This world is cruel.

[@esures]

You have a golden heart with Empathy. GOD BLESS YOU

[@bellacortez]

@@tonisumblin2719 not just south. Segregation was through out the US , it's just the Democratic south had actual segregation laws

[@tyreebrownart]

This was sad but eye opening. This was a great broadcast

[@corujariousa]

Beautiful stories being shared in the comments. Always good to see that some good always manage to come from painful events. My grandmother used to say that ignorance is one of the worst things that can afflict a human being. I agree with her. Ignorance drives prejudice, enables populism and all sorts of negative rhetoric and actions. The ones afflicted by it even clap and ask for more while they are manipulated and abused.

[@marytermini1381]

This is truly heartbreaking. I'm glad that Babs finally got some answers about her father and his side of the family. She is obviously an incredibly strong woman, for going through everything that she went through and still persevering.

[@gloriaorth4628]

We have a similar history in Italy too. My mother grew up in Naples, Italy during the 50s with lots of "children of war" as they were called in Italian. She didn't talk about experiencing any racism because everyone was poor and really in the same boat. All trying to survive in a post WW2 Italy.

[@eveningglow9023]

You guys are the children of war ....way before ww2!!!!!! Like your comment tho....

[@annaassk7138]

Not to offend,anyone,i dont box,all to be same, how this story told me,i never forgot,this brings up what i told,soldier said,how worst rapists againt Italian girls wereUSAfrican soldiers.Family hospital helped many of them,took them in, housing taking in the many raped pregnant girls. This story confirming,sad as is&just telling it as told &held in.

[@johnnymcblaze]

Lol, Naples and sicily are already filled with mixed race people. The mamlukes held the territory long, and the people there still carry the traits of Africa.

[@kathyw4811]

@@johnnymcblaze The Mamluks were enslaved warriors, but not necessarily black people, and not necessarily even from Africa.

[@johnnymcblaze]

@@kathyw4811 Sure, sure. The closer to Africa you get, the darker the Sicilians get, and most carry at least 15% African heritage, but sure.

[@kirstymatthews8298]

This really relates to me, my estranged mother was born in 1944 She never knew her real father, her mother was in service Hearing this women’s story it breaks my heart 💔

[@karengerber8390]

Thank you for sharing your voice & teaching this. We need to learn, and DO BETTER. I am so sad for the way these children were treated.

[@EyreAffair]

Babs' mother was absolutely horrendous. I can't even imagine claiming a child as yours, and then abusing them for years.

[@sloneygrl4550]

Yes and she seems to avoid criticism judging by the comments here - the woman was cheating on her husband while he was away at war and then took the decision to lie to him about her origin. Then dumps the child in care.What a piece of work

[@sayrahmarie501]

Why would these women be so foolish! To conceive another man’s child of another race while her husband is away!? Then to have the baby in secret and give him away. A child suffering his whole life bc his mother was so fast and foolish!

[@OK-uu8cc]

Hello women cheat too

[@angellee5108]

You have to be extremely evil to mistreat a child. Those people should be locked up for child abuse

[@quiricomazarin476]

It's called abortion.

[@haatpraat2993]

Racism left unchecked knows no limits to its evil. It has been this way for centuries. This is why modern societies have a plethora of anti racist, anti discrimination laws.

[@quiricomazarin476]

@@haatpraat2993 & some very racist laws like slavery in some countries & anti-caucausian laws in America/ anti-catholic in Britain/anti-baby in the womb in most of the world/ anti crippled or sick or senior.

[@joyceedwards9652]

They will answer some day!!

[@themongol1263]

the mums should be locked up for cheating on their husbands who were sacrificing their lives trying to protect them

[@lunchymunchy2984]

I’m a white uk guy in his 50’s and I had no idea about this despite the never ending barrage of war time stories than have been forced down my throat, all positive tales of courage, daring and the can do blitz spirit of, a presumably all white, population pulling together... it is very upsetting to hear about how this woman was treated, and as a child! These stories need to be heard more often...

[@KatMomX]

The Truth needs to be told. This sad story also brings a glimmer of hope. Thank you for providing this channel.

[@prtdiva]

This stuff still happens today. I had a racist kindergarten teacher in the early 90s in the states. I’m Black and my best friend was a little white girl. The teacher would purposely separate us and place her at predominantly white tables and me with other children of color. She also placed all the Hispanic kids at their own table because she thought they couldn’t speak English. I remember a Hispanic boy who was in my kindergarten class told me years later that he sat at the bilingual table but spoke English the whole time and had no idea what the other kids were saying. When I got to 8th grade I told some teachers what happened to me in kindergarten and they all responded, “oh her? Not surprised. She’s pretty racist.” Apparently everyone knew but she couldn’t be fired because of tenure so they just let the kids suffer 🙄

[@camille9803]

How terrible. I'm sorry.

[@jamaliam6]

Reading stories like this makes me grateful for the mom I had. I’m an eighties baby and went to predominantly white schools (I’m Black and live in the U.S.) My mom was known as a “crazy mom” because she was quick to go off on teachers and school administrators that attempted to mistreat me and my brother, and believe me, they tried. They soon learned that we were not the kids to mess with as my mom had no problem coming up in the classroom and putting them in their place. At the time, I was embarrassed. As an adult, I’m grateful.

[@thurston4mor]

Teachers can be toxic It’s a lesson learned

[@mrgivins9690]

@@thurston4mor humans! Not a title.

[@ajharris4861]

It’s upsetting her mistreatment of children was widely known yet administration didn’t do enough to remove her. Makes my blood boil when children are knowingly left in harms way.

[@ireneholmeide3240]

I am a British ex patriot, who grew up in Liverpool during WW11. There was an air force base near by, I think it was at Manchester. The first person of color I ever saw was a GI. I had no idea about the extreme segregation. Thank you for an enlightening piece, it shocked and saddened me.

[@jackreacher5667]

World War ll not Eleven, and the base was Burton Woods. I remember as a kid you could see "Snowdrops" (American Military Police named because of there white Helmet's) in Manchester city centre checking bars and pubs for American service personnel in the 60s.

[@gjfkhvjzjsxbq]

World war 11? Lmao are you a time traveler from the future or something?

[@celianeher7637]

Here is what I'm ' nit/picking ' at , as a British citizen, howcan you write " color instead of colour " ?

[@nancygreenfield212]

The US Military was so segregated that my FILs brothers: Children of Brits who emigrated to US in 1890s were put into Black and Jewish barracks during WWII because their name Greenfield was considered by US Military to be Jewish. They were Roman Catholic as far back in UK that we’ve traced into early 1800s

[@bradjohnston8193]

An ex-patriot is a patriot that has stopped being a patriot. Did you mean to say "expatriate"? You don't usually see this kind of illiterate bull-sh*t from Brits, but Britain has been going down-hill for sixty years. World War Eleven? Really!

[@mexicana.americana]

It's heart breaking to hear anytime there is children involved that are being mistreated or being hurt.

[@sharjjahnaziz4122]

My Grandfather was a Red Baby.....Her f was German and his wife was Native American of African descent. He classified or labels himself as Cherokee from the States. I heard he was a great man.

[@janemot2368]

I live in an African country, my children are mixed race, and were constantly verbally and emotionally abused by both teachers and children alike, during their times at school. This tells me that no one colour or ethnic group has a monopoly on mistreatment of others, if people are in the majority, they feel free to abuse others. Let this be a warning to us all to be as empathetic as possible to all of those around us

[@gold9ja]

You have a point but these type of stories are more common among majority white countries historically and to an extent now cause I’m Nigerian American and famous west African mixed race people( including the ones I know in Nigeria) based on their biographies experienced the opposite of what you are saying. Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana is a perfect example. In the end of the day you are right not one race or ethnic group has a monopoly on mistreatment of people but white people do win first prize on this historically, so let’s not try equate and pretend as if it’s pretty even amongst the races cause it’s not.

[@bw3240]

@Mel C Absolutely

[@yardleyj9391]

Your explanation is overly simplistic: no other people endure the abuse Afro-descendants and Africans suffer. You need to put things in perspective.

[@bw3240]

@@yardleyj9391 world history will come as quite a shock when you delve into other cultures and times. I wish you well, when you begin your journey. Have a nice evening.

[@rroadmap]

@@gold9ja it's terrible no matter who does it. The Japanese were horrible to the Chinese, Philipinos and Americans. The Germans killed Jews and Gypsies. Many Whites have killed or mistreated Blacks and many Blacks have killed or mistreated Whites. But many Whites fought and died to free the Black slaves. I'm White and my brother and I were beaten and robbed of our lunch money by Blacks every day of 7th grade during busing in the U.S. But I'm not going to hate the people today who had nothing to do with it. I'm married to a Hispanic man so my daughter is half and my grandchildren are 1/4 Japanese. I have wonderful Black friends. We need to stop blaming whole races of people for what individuals did or do. We need to see everybody as the HUMAN race and treat them with dignity!

[@karenchandler2921]

I am so sorry that you had to endure that kind of racial abuse from a teacher as well

[@flossyraven]

@George Boehringer not a excuse demon beast of the field. It's a lot of your kind that refuses to hold themselves accountable. Just remember everyone has a judgment day. I can imagine you looking up from a place real hot.

[@ndeamonk24]

The emotional and mental trauma these kids faced is unreal. It has a lasting effect

[@kittykooky]

How very sad, such beautiful innocent little children. 💗

[@MakedaPhillips]

She had to wait so many years only to find out her dad was gone. That is so sad!

[@annettepienaar6393]

Same happened to me in South Africa as well. Born from Black mother and white father in 1957. My younger sibling is still displaced. Might be reunited with her if she's still alive should i be able to publish my autobiography as my father stated to my half brother before he passed on after he couldn't find us.😭😭 Very sad i must say.

[@sergioramos-vd9zk]

Yeah. Black man can't resist white chocolate. 😁😁

[@DarthVader1977]

@@sergioramos-vd9zk Jupiter Paulsen.

[@kman5768]

@@sergioramos-vd9zk pink cat!

[@natenae8635]

@@sergioramos-vd9zk The mother is black

[@BBCWorldService]

We have more stories from incredible people who've played a pivotal role in black history in the UK here: kzbin.info/aero/PLz_B0PFGIn4dpoUBwNF_cSRb0YHHeRBI4

[@monicatomlinson5060]

Oh im choked listening to this. I understand this being a mixed race child of the 60s I know little about my birth fathers family, although I knew my dad. These poor children. Babs I want to give you a hug. Love to you and I hope you have much love now! Thank you for this

[@doberman1ism]

My father passed away when I was two months old. I was raised Roman Catholic Italian. I never knew my father or his family. I was always told that I looked just like my father. It was strange knowing that you are a replica of someone you never knew and only know by his grave stone in the cemetery up the street from your house. In 1983 I found my fathers kin/relatives. At 31 years old I was immediately recognized as Jesse‘s daughter. My dad‘s People said I look just like him. This was wonderful. It gave me a connection to the other half of me, but to this day, I still live with an emptiness in my heart not knowing who he was, what he was like, would he have liked me, would he have loved me. Is it true that I am just like you? That’s what your brothers tell me. God bless All Coal Miners God Bless “ Wild And Wonderful West Virginia”!!!

[@reagankabogozza1132]

This made me really cry. Not only because it is a sad story, but sounds so familiar to my story and father.

[@marcomustang876]

Not the same thing though

[@brendalondon6238]

I'm sure your father is happy you connected with his family and love you strongly.

[@williammarsh2713]

Yes he w would have liked you. And yes he would have loved you. When you die be assured he will be. There to meet you. In heaven.

[@CT-uv8os]

@@marcomustang876 Some cultures consider Italians black. So yeah it kinda is.

[@rosalynne8792]

Omg...this is so sad what this child..and many others..went through...treated sooo badly by everyone. . even her mother and her teacher...the very ones who should have protected her. Not knowing why!!! The world would be a much better place if all people were treated as equals.

[@lifesagamesobeawinner]

Agree not the kids fault its the mothers.

[@anngore3842]

@@lifesagamesobeawinner No it's the fault of an EVIL society👹

[@Teddy_Graham]

She wanted bbc but not the shame that came lol. She should be happy at least one bloodline will survive global warming.

[@peachygal4153]

@@lifesagamesobeawinner True, but the mothers were ostracized too. I am an Army brat and grew up in the 1960's. I remember a German woman married to a black GI who committed suicide. we worked together at a local factory in Augusta, Ga in the early 1970's. (Fort Gordon is near Augusta) she was ostracized by both white and black people there. The poor woman had 2 strikes against her. She was German and she was married to a black GI. They treated the Korean women at work married to GI's badly too.

[@janalu4067]

@@peachygal4153 🥺

[@armettalandrum4942]

This breaks my heart that's all I can say is this breaks my heart and I'm thinking you and I and admiring you for being so strong to talk about it

[@MCM_Savage]

Very interesting. Thank you for posting. Added to my already extensive knowledge base of historical war events. 🙏🙂👍

[@donotneed2250]

I'd heard stories of this happening in my high school Black History class in the early 1970's. I graduated in 1974. Thanks to AncestryDNA I found out I have a child that I didn't know about from my second tour in South Korea who was born in 1980. Fortunately he was adopted by another US service member and didn't have to endure the harsh treatment I know he would of had if he had grown up there. He turned out quite well I must say and I've seen a number of my personality traits in him. He writes similar to myself and has even answered questions the same way I would have. That's a bit scary.

[@prettypuffprincess]

Hope y’all get to meet in person one day❤️🙏🏼

[@donotneed2250]

@@prettypuffprincess, it's going to have to wait 3-4 years since he just arrived in the country of his birth. That's how long he and his family will be there.

[@theonlyladybella44480]

🫂❤️🫂

[@LuckySingh-ln9ox]

Shame on you, you have a child and you don't know about him.

[@nochso6835]

Stop talking like a child. What do you mean you found out you have a child you didn't know about? You know what you did unprotected out there...so why on earth are you acting like it was a surprise? Also you knew about this phenomenon when you were in high school, yet you still went out there and fathered a child there, leaving your seed to the eventualities of life. This kind of immaturity sickens me.

[@susanrennker3140]

I can’t believe how we divided by color we are all the same no matter what color. This girl went through so much bless her heart!

[@themongol1263]

its ironic how u don't see a problem with the women cheating on their husbands who were trying to save the world form the largest genocide ever seen. these women shouldve been prosecuted

[@carlhorowitz5916]

The moral of the story is that race does matter. Which is why America should vet immigration much more carefully -- as should all other countries.

[@thurston4mor]

The created divided us by colour Remember that

[@carlhorowitz5916]

@@thurston4mor The races have always been "divided." That goes back to the evolution of humans. And race is far more complex than "skin color." This article, if unwittingly, makes a strong case against racial miscegenation anywhere -- including Great Britain.

[@sirenuk5887]

Still the same today. Nothing has changed

[@sarapiksit]

This is a wonderful documentary I wish there was a video as well as just listening. It's sad, I never knew anything about this.

[@runeguidanceofthenorse]

HEARTBREAKING. It hurts so much💔

[@beckieeaves3942]

Just heartbreaking for the children.

[@themongol1263]

exactly. these women should've been prosecuted. how can u cheat on your husbands who were dying in war trying to protect u from the biggest genocidal maniac ever seen. disgraceful

[@lavender6500]

@@themongol1263 Promiscuous.

[@Carlos-wx2tc]

Her father died at 89 years of age, and then she managed to trace her grandmother, who was alive. How old was the grandmother? Had to be well over 100.

[@Paleface324]

I wondered about that, too.

[@carolineuk1111]

Yes, I wondered too ... Maybe she meant he died in (19)89

[@justbeingme3415]

It's possible. They had babies very young back then.

[@NomadicCreator]

WOW! Thank-you for sharing! What an open veiw!

[@traceywhitney1272]

This is just heartbreaking. 💔💔

[@amerikano6302]

The cruelty of man to man knows no bounds. We appear to have a built-in need to demean others. From school yards to work places, and even within families, we relish being mean to others.

[@M_SC]

Yes but we also have an innate need to be kind. It’s how we are raised that brings one or the other out.

[@deeperlife5689]

@@M_SC I don’t believe kindness is innate it needs to be taught. You don’t have to teach a child to be mean you teach them to do good, to share to consider others

[@RPNDWORLDWIDE]

The sacrifices black people have made for the Western world must be accounted and rewarded. Whether war, resources, labour. Come on.

[@veroniquendambo3242]

I really doubt there would be any form of recognition to be made towards black people, for their existence is denied to begin with. If a black person even existed, he/she would be an undeserving or whatever you call him/her. A black person is still seen as a good which can be sold, bought and disposed of anyhow, anywhere and anytime. I am not accusing anyone but these are the results of my own observations. How hurtful!

[@NatSocCosby]

These kids will never feel like they belong anywhere. They are neither too black nor too white for either side. When either side takes the country over things will be bad for the mixed bags.

[@deborahtucker4900]

God will SETTLE the DEBTS OWED per Obadiah, Joel 3, Ezekiel 35-40, Psalms 83...

[@Kimchiboy08]

So sad for a child to feel unknown, unwelcome, and unwanted. Adults are the demise of humanity sometimes.

[@yolandaemba919]

This is heartbreaking.

[@SonyaHudson]

At 10:40 Babs validated for me that I did the right thing just by sharing what her grandmother said about her. Babs said, "As soon as she saw me she said that I was my father’s double." The grandmother didn't need a DNA test. This very significant for me. As soon as I saw a baby who is alleged to be my immediate relative, I knew INSTANTLY that she belonged to my family. Yet the alleged father, my own flesh and blood, who doesn't want to do his due diligence to find out if the baby is his, has LITERALLY threatened my life for acknowledging and spending time with the baby. I have been told that I was meddling by the grandmother, his own mother, who along with her husband won't even acknowledge the baby. I never mentioned her sons name or our families name when I posted pictures of me and a pretty baby on my social media. This form of rejection continues because of ignorance and lack of human compassion. People are conditioned to reject a child because of what other people think. I am so eternally grateful that Babs found her family and knows that she is loved. I pray that anyone who is out there looking for their family, will never stop no matter what the obstacle maybe. Thank you for letting me share this and God bless 🙌🏾.

[@mamapeppa3326]

Thank you for your love for the baby,and your generous spirit.

[@SonyaHudson]

Thank you @@mamapeppa3326 for your kind words. 🙏🏾 That little baby is just perfect 🥰 💞 and I know that I made the right decision.❤️

[@gabeeskridge8291]

You showed a great kindness to the baby in the midst of adult mental illness. They have no clue it is extremely negative energies they express by acting that way. Many blessings to you and the little one.

[@SonyaHudson]

Thank you soooooo much @@gabeeskridge8291! And thank you for using the term, "adult mental illness." My nephew is 24 and yet I still see the newborn who stole my heart ❤️ 8 year's after my daughter was born. If I can look at him in the way that you described him, I maybe able to show him some undeserved compassion. Thank you again... 💜

[@Nirrrina]

I could never deny a child. I may not want my own, especially with my health, but I absolutely treasure my niece, nephew & cousins. Especially when they were very young. My sister was 10 years older & I lived with my mom because we were both disabled & it suited us. We had those kids every month or two. Very convenient I couldn't work because it allowed me to be available whenever needed. Even my sister's friends left their kids with us. Especially on New Years Eve. I'd bring my friend & we'd wrangle kids until bedtime & then stay up until midnight. Even once we were 21 we did it. Although neither of us really cared for alcohol & I'm alcohol intolerant. Which has gotten worse. So we were quite happy to help & everyone new all the kids were perfectly safe all night long & the next day. Although we did pretty much collapse after a few days of caring for kids. I'll never get over my young nephew telling me to just sit down because my back was hurting bad. Oh be we also cared for pets too.

[@tphilbin1]

My aunt got pregnant by an African doctor in London in the 60s, my grandmother told her she had to give up the baby for adoption and when she returned to ireland she married a donegal man, they both became alcoholics, his father was through a lot in the IRA, my cousin told me and contact was sought throughout the years but never actualized, here if a woman got pregnant outside wedlock, the situation was grim for a single mother, often ending up in a magdalen laundry, right up until the late 80s, early 90s, Catholic shame from fascist clergy

[@Breas1014]

She should not have had sex outside of marriage.

[@KC-ed1dj]

And that same Catholic clergy were probably doing unspeakable things behind closed doors. Organized religion was created by man to benefit men and control women.

[@theseeker4642]

Those Magdelene Launderies were a sad indictment of young women taking the whole blame for becoming pregnant, the man got off scot free. Those vicious nuns weren't serving any God, but exploiting these women. I've heard tales of visiting priests compromising these young women into having sex with them. I don’t believe in any organised religion.

[@DivaEsquire]

My mothers uncle had quite a few of these “brown babies”. He was fortunately affluent enough to locate the ones in Germany and in England. Locate and provide support I’m told. I’m sorry others weren’t able to be as diligent as my great uncle.

[@victoryissweet5941]

Excellent documentary.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

Never blame the innocent children for the adult's undertakings! Good or Bad People cannot be judge by their Ethnicities , Faiths , Gender , Nationalities , Social Status , the Clothes They Wear or the Foods They Eat! Put ourselves into others' shoes , what if we're borned Mixed Race?! 🕯

[@long_one5491]

What wrong did the parents do? Beautiful children born out of beautifully adventurous relations! It's just a shame that it probably lead to separation and heartbreak.

[@donotneed2250]

@@long_one5491, a lot of things about our society then was just wrong.

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

@@long_one5491 women and men cheating on their wives and husbands. That’s really messed up

[@themongol1263]

@@long_one5491 they literally cheated on their husbands who were dying in war trying to protect them. all these women should've been prosecuted. shame England didn't have the balls to do anything

[@cressapellom4205]

@@long_one5491 I mean one of these women cheated on her husband and got pregnant by a Gi, then she didn't tell the Gi she was pregnant either. That was very wrong.

[@LordDeliverUs]

God bless you Babs. You endured so much heart break. I'm sorry for the way you were treated.

[@makoshark69x96]

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY FASCINATING & HEARTBREAKING STORY !

[@hemanth3828]

Oh my God. Poor babies. I love them all. ❤

[@CapricornSunSagRisingLibraMoon]

This story made me feel so sad, why do some people have to be so cruel. especially to innocent children

[@SagittarianArrows]

Find Blue Eye Brown Eye, Jane Elliot explains the rottenness of racist minds

[@gabeeskridge8291]

You have a very distinctive chart combination.

[@sergioramos-vd9zk]

But can we discuss about the women who cheated which resulted those children.

[@DarthVader1977]

@@gabeeskridge8291 Jupiter Paulsen.

[@themongol1263]

the parents literally cheated on their husbands while they were sacrificing their lives to save the world from the biggest genocide ever. the mothers are the cruel ones and should've been prosecuted

[@tobehonest7541]

The same people deny Megan Markel's story about RF

[@keenday2382]

This is so sad we have all come from some type of trauma and if you haven't your so blessed.. how do we move forward to make sure this never happens again.. it all starts with you..

[@karenk3458]

Wow, the story she told about the ignorance of her teacher is so sad those kids didn’t know any better and he taught them how to hate and or single people out for their differences 😢

[@bigtuss7482]

Heartbreaking hearing that lady telling her childhood story , god bless her , end racism, united we stand , divided we fall

[@sheilacole5639]

The scary thing is .... this really was not that long ago, The Shame of the way the Brits treated Black GI’s

[@francinea1390]

Its a shame the way the US treated Black GI's as well.

[@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387]

Shame on the woman who cheated on their husbands to , the children made from the affair were the ones to suffer :(

[@claregale9011]

They were welcomed ..it was the white american GIs that did not agree with them mixing with the locals

[@gail9299]

Have you ever listened to the account of Bamber Bridge when it was Black GI's and the local towns folk versus the white American GI's? Listen and learn. America had segregation of its army amongst other things, not the UK.

[@TheBrockwellBroadcastNetwork]

Heart breaking.

[@Frivillig]

I often ask myself, what in our present time will shock people in 50 years. Thank you for sharing your story!

[@NayomiPennant]

Great bit of historical journalism.

[@dorothytemple4195]

Here you all go again putting blacks to blame what about you whites you are to blame as well .

[@NayomiPennant]

@@dorothytemple4195 Not quite understanding your comment. Also I'm not white.

[@maxsage3362]

Like all lies ..It just had to Meet it s Audience.

[@lucille7069]

There were thousands of Ameri-Asian babies fathered in Vietnam and left behind, also.

[@gillmay9309]

Wow, this is sick sad and sickening. Only 60yrs ago, and these children had to go through this crap.

[@DarthVader1977]

Sounds like the Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom incident.

[@barryjones8123]

They still used the Caine and hit children and would punish you for being left handed. You guys on here don’t seem to know much.

[@alexgosling5550]

That was really interesting and informative.

[@laureenmcgrath3016]

Just recently someone contacted my family saying she was the daughter of my mother this was during the war In England my mother was British Although she is not a black baby or a Brown baby it was a shock It's sad my mother never told us about that but I guess she was embarrassed I don't know A lot of stuff happens during war that we really don't know do we

[@robert6106]

Poor child so miss treated but I also understand the man returning from war to find a women trying to pass of someone else's child as his own. Her mother had a lot to answer for and that teacher should have ended up in prison.