Dabo Sadao and Staci

Juichi and Hae Fujimori's youngest daughter Jean Takako Fujimori married Hiroshi Don Yamaoka in the WWII Rohwer, Arkansas Internment camp. 

Jean and Don's older daughter, Christina Kimiyo Yamaoka, married Dale Kusaba and had two children, Kresley and Daleen. Daleen Kusaba married Eric James Knight. 

Dale's progenitors worked in the surrounding farms of the small river town of Walnut Grove. The Kusabas harvested the farm fruit produce and ran a boarding house. Suekichi Kusaba and bride Natsuyo Hirata had children named Sadako, Henry, Osamu, and Ben Tsutomu Kusaba. 

Sadoko married Kazumasa Okada, and they had Sachiko, Teiko, Masami, and Yumiko Okada. 

Sachiko married Ronald Ogawa and had children named Karen, Roger, and Debora Ogawa. 

Teiko married Akio Higashi and had Wesley and Stacie Higashi. 

Masami married Jerry Sasaki and had Randy and Kevin Sasaki.  

Karen Ogawa married Allen Gadbois and had Joey and Ryan Gadbois. 

Roger Ogawa married Denise Mullens and had Ben and Sam Ogawa. 

Debora Ogawa married Justin Woelfel and had Lyndsay, Trevor, and Jake Woelfel.  

Henry "Hanko" Kusaba married Yae Yasuda and had Henry Jr. and Sadao "Dabo". Henry Jr. married Karen Kushman and had Myles Kim Kusaba. Dabo married Gayle Hobbs and later married Staci Cain. Dabo and Gayle had Corey Kusaba who married Stacey Nobles and had Aiden, Jackson, and Kenley Kusaba. 

Osamu Kusaba married John Karat and had Larry and Brian. Brian married Sharon and had Evan and Jessica Yakata.

Ben Tsutomu Kusaba married Mildred Maeda who had a son named Melvyn Maeda. Melvyn married Mitsuye Yoshida and had children named Kimberly, Kevin, and Lori.  

Kimberly Maeda married Aaron Osheroff. Their children are Melody, Melissa, and Noah.

Kevin Maeda married Bihn Yen Lam and had Kylie and Kyra Maeda.

Lori Maeda married Kevin Chin Chu and had Sam and Alex.

Ben's second marriage to Yoshino Wada produced Dale and Suzie Suzanne. 

Dale Kusaba married Christina Yamaoka and had Daleen and Kresley, as mentioned above.  Kresley Kusaba married Flarinda Llamas and had children Jordyn and Jayden.

Daleen Kusaba married Eric Knight and had children Audrey Knight and Cody Knight.


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