But in siam, Mr. Mahidol was known as Prince Mahidol Adulyadej
Prince of Songkla, and half-brother to King Prajadhipok, Rama VII. Hiss wife was Mom Sangwan, a commoner who had won a nursing scholarship from Queen Savang Vadhana,the Queen Grandmother. The baby had two older siblings, Prince Ananda Mahidol, who was born in Germany.
The first home of baby songkla - the name on his American birth certificate - was a six-room apartment in Bookline, on the first floor of 63 Longwood Avenue, not far from Harvard University where his father, the prince, was studying medicine after having previously earned a certificate in public health.