In both of these cases, the parents of the babies are Japanese. One other thing that I should have pointed out earlier is that
Marie is not pronounced /mə.ˈɹiː/, but rather like mah-ṙee-e /mä.ɾi.e̞/.
My PNL:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149249My blog:
https://maybeitisdaijirou.wordpress.com