I whanau a Aung San Suu Kyi i te 19 o Hune 1945 i Rangoon (i tenei wa ko Yangon), British Burma. E ai ki a Peter Popham, i whanau ia i tetahi kainga iti i waho o Rangoon e kiia ana ko Hmway Saung. Ko tana papa, Aung San, i hono tahi me nga Hapanihi i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I whakatuhia e Aung San te ope taua o Burma hou me te whakawhitiwhiti korero mo te mana motuhake o Burma mai i te Emepaea o Ingarangi i te 1947; i kohurutia ia e ona hoa whawhai i taua tau. I tipu ake ia me tona whaea, Khin Kyi, me ona tuakana tokorua, Aung San Lin me Aung San Oo, i Rangoon. I mate a Aung San Lin i te waru o ona tau, i te wa i horomia ai ia i roto i te roto whakapaipai i runga i te whenua o te whare. I heke atu tana tuakana ki San Diego, California, hei tangata whenua o te United States. I muri i te matenga o Aung San Lin, ka neke te whanau ki tetahi whare i waho o Rangoon e kiia ana ko Hmway Saung
Ko te tau 1947