Sad childhood causes them to give up babies

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · March 31, 1946

Omaha, Nebraska.....Eugene Van Horn 26, and his 21-year-old wife Mary, pack their belongings after their decision to given away their three children for adoption. The young wife stated she had decided on the adoption course because she had "an unhappy childhood" and "I don't want my children to have the same. The Van Horns, themselves the children of broken homes, gave the children, Tommy 4; Carolyn, 3 and Stanley, 2, to John and Rose Yunick, a middle-aged farm couple.