Aung San Suu Kyi's Family Life [Burma] Quiz

Answer: False

Aung San Suu Kyi actually had two brothers and one sister. Their names were Aung San Chit, Aung San Oo and Aung San Lin. Aung San Chit was her first and only sister. She was born in September 1946 but unfortunately died only a few days later, on 26th September 1946, which was the same day that Aung San got into the Governor's Executive Council.

Answer: In the grounds of their house

Aung San Lin sadly passed away at the age of 8.

Answer: Khin Kyi

While Aung San (Aung San Suu Kyi's father) was a War Minister in 1942, he met and then married Khin Kyi. This was around the same time his Khin's sister met and married Thakin Than Tun.In 1988 Khin Kyi had a stroke. As a result of this, Aung San Suu Kyi flew from Oxford, where she was currently living, to care for her in Burma.

Whilst out in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest. 9 months after her first stroke, Khin Kyi suffered from another stroke and unfortunately passed away on the 27th December 1988.

Answer: Engineer

Aung San Oo was sadly the only sibling that Aung San Suu Kyi grew up with, as the other two both passed away at a young age.

Answer: False

It was Aung San Oo who didn't support her. They have had many arguments, one of these instances was about the house that was left to them when their mother died and then about the roof being fixed when Suu Kyi was in house arrest. On the 19th September 2008, when Aung San Suu Kyi, was in house arrest, her roof was broken and leaking.

She went to court and appealed against the rule that stopped her from fixing it but the person stopping her from doing this was Aung San Oo. One of the democracy campaigner's lawyers, U Kyi Win, confirmed: "First of all, her brother went to the mayor and got a temporary order to stop the repair to the roof. We have to go tomorrow [to argue against it] and we already have our objections." The argument between San Suu Kyi and her brother dated back to 1988 when their mother sorrowfully died from a stroke. Khin Kyi left the house that they were brought up in to her children. San Oo said that Suu Kyi could have the house but if she sold it he could have half the profits but in the year 2000 he launched a legal action for the house to be divided. That is why he had a right to not have the roof fixed. On that occasion Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers were successful and she got to keep the house and also after some time she was allowed to fix her roof.

Answer: True

Michael Aris was born on March 27, 1946, in Havana, Cuba. He and Aung San Suu Kyi met while at college together, and were married in 1972. He was a leading Western author on Bhutanese, Tibetan and Himalayan culture and wrote numerous books on Buddhism. Sadly, he died on March 27, 1999, in Oxford, England.

Answer: Kim and Alexander Aris

They were called Kim Aris and Alexander Aris. They were both born and educated in the UK whilst their mother was under house arrest in Burma. It was very hard for Aung San Suu Kyi to be in a completely different country to her sons whilst they were growing up and it was hard for Alexander and Kim Aris too, growing up without a mother.

Answer: Her son

When she was freed her son, Kim Aris, flew out to see her. She then could finally collect her Nobel Peace Prize which she hadn't been able to due because of her house arrest. Her sons had to collect it for her instead in 1991. They were aged just 18 and 14.

Answer: Yes

During Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest in 1997, Michael Aris was diagnosed with terminal cancer and his condition continued to worsen. Aung San Suu Kyi knew that this was going on and had the chance to go and see her husband before he died but she knew that if she left Burma, the Burmese people would lose all hope.

So she made the decision to stay in Burma and stay strong for the Burmese people. In 1999, Michael Aris died at the age of 53, seeing his wife only five times since she was placed under house arrest, the last time being the Christmas of 1995.

Answer: Burma

He was also the founder of the Burmese army. While loved by some of the people of Burma, he was hated by others, and was assassinated in 1947 when Aung San Suu Kyi was just two years old.