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I believe it was Marilynilpa who was going to write the book. I often think of this case and when I do I wonder how she is doing with the write-up. Looks like there's been no movement yet. :( Ragamuffin, you make a very good point. I myself am biracial (half-English and Chinese), and most...

Just weighing in here quickly about the suicide note folks... Sorry if my thought has been expressed on this case before - I am more of a lurker here although I have been following this case with interest for a while. I tried to explain to myself why anyone would write out in print the word...

Well, he was adopted by the Parsons if I remember correctly (please correct me if I'm wrong), so I assume then he'd be a naturalised American citizen. I think Anna wouldn't be stupid enough to claim her son was the son of an Indian if he didn't look biracial, but it's a good point - there...

I'm assuming that if Roy's father was Hans Raj Soni, he would look mixed race or biracial. As far as I know, William was Caucasian and so I would assume it would be easy to rule out William as Roy's father just by looking at him.

Hi Jaime, From this list here http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Lincolns-Inn-6.0.pdf it would seem that he was born in Wachhowala, Lahore, India. I believe he returned there in 1932 without intending to return to England.

Okay, another post... I confirmed that Hans Raj Soni graduated with both his Masters and Doctorate degree at the London School of Economics (part of the University of London). MSc in Economics, 1925, dissertation title "Basic Indian industries". DSc (Doctor of Science) in Economics, 1933...

I spent a day reading this entire thread and had to join up to add some information I found that may or may not be of help. I looked for a Hans Raj Soni and the only records I could find that would fit the time period are here...