Searching For My Hakka Roots

The Salt Merchant's Granddaughter from China to America and the Search for My Hakka Roots. My unexpected, surprising discoveries of my own family's more than 100 years-old clan books (zhu pu) in old Chinese (printed copy), covering 18 generations back to the Ming Dynasty (1454) in Fujian and hidden stories and over 2000 long-lost relatives.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Time Flies, Invisible Killers

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It seemed like yesterday when we bought our over hundred year old colonial house in 1993, not long after the house across the street from u...
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Guan Zhong Pu's (众(忠)仆) Book - from Our Great Grandfather Rong's First Wife Chen (陈)

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Our great grandfather Rong ( 熔 1743- 1798) had six sons and two daughters from his marriage with two wives, Chen (陈1742-1763) and Tong (童1...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Changing Back to Shangguan from Guan

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Our Guan (官) was shortened from Shangguan since the Song Dynasty (960-1279) . Guan means official and officials were not well received for ...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Richard Went to College and My Father Had a Pacemaker

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The oldest children have higher expectations from their parents and themselves. Jonathan was second in his high school class.  The year bef...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Jonathan Went to College

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     A lot happened since 9.11 in the US, financial meltdown -- human destruction, and in China Sichuan Earthquake and Japan Earthquake ...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

My Sister Yi (Amy) Married Steven Pao (鲍)

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My sister Yi never left home; she worked in the accounting department of the Oil Company my parents worked for all their life. She could n...

Going Back to Work Full Time

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Although my parents gave $4000 for the kids, my parents did not feel comfortable using my husband’s money for trips. I told them I worked ...
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