Assignment Asia Episode 90: Filipinos rediscovering their roots in China

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The history between the Philippines and China goes back a long way and further intensified when migrants made their way from China’s coastal regions to the Southeast Asian country in search of a better life for themselves and their families. It is of little wonder that some Filipinos like to say, “There’s a little Chinese in me.” And in the age of social media, more Filipinos are getting a chance to discover their Chinese roots, especially with the help of relative finder advocates.
This episode chronicles the journey of an elderly Filipino to China after he found out that he had relatives there. The trip to Quanzhou City in Fujian Province was emotional for Abraham Go whose father left behind a family in China that Go previously had not known existed.
Separately, CGTN correspondent Barnaby Lo goes on his own personal voyage to Jinjiang, also in Fujian Province, to discover his Chinese roots. Both sets of his family left China for the Philippines in the 1930s.
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@amycho5827 3 года назад

Great documentary and very inspiring. My grandmother moved to Taiwan with my grandfather during WWII, while her brother moved to the Philippines. I would love to connect with his family someday. I believe my great grandfather also relocated to the Philippines and started a family there. This world really is connected by 6 degrees of separation.

@jessmesias5398 2 года назад

My father is a Chinese from Fujian, his name is Dy Kiam, he migrated to Philippines when he was still young & started a family there with 3 kids ( 2 sons & a daughter), and never went back to China since then, but he has one sister in China older than him, and they never met each other since then, only by sending mail to each other...and I am his second son....maybe we are your relative here in the Philippines that you're looking? Pls reply, to thanks.

@jessmesias5398 2 года назад

This is my reply to Amy Cho's inquiry above. Pls reply .... Amy Cho... maybe we are the family you're looking here in the Philippines.

@randomly_random_0 5 лет назад

In the early 1900s, the Philippines was much developed than China. This is why most of them (at least those from Fujian province) migrated in the Philippines to seek better life. But the it is now the other way around. China is more advanced now than Philippines. The Philippines was really left behind

@chevronso25 5 лет назад

Actually 90% ng mga Chinese sa PH dumating na nung American era and pre japanese occupation pa.

@newtype5005 4 года назад

@6packter Phillippines doesn't even have an American base anymore

@reynolddelgado1403 4 года назад

Kaya nga dapat mga pinoy mag aral ng Mandarin language aside ftom English kc mas malapit tayo sa China

@Sy-im9bp 4 года назад

Rich chinese went here because of one child policy.

@garretmatz8728 4 года назад

@Zerkion 101 What's the use of Bahasa Indo? is it easy to learn?

@kugmoinyurop6973 4 года назад

Chinese actually are the travellers of the world. Name any country, and there's always Chinese there.

@r2vbwh153 4 года назад

Same as Filipinos hehe

@sonnydelfin3877 2 года назад

next to the pilipino 😁

@macpinoy5181 2 года назад

Indians too

@ColoniaMurder20 Год назад

not during ancient times.. Austronesian people were ancient seafarers who dominated in pacific, southeast asia, indian ocean and madagascar region and also suspected reach in central america during ancient times.

@dakz.tv7698 Год назад

@@ColoniaMurder20 agree

@kit9132 3 года назад

Barnaby Lo you did a superb and moving job on connecting with one's roots. It was enlightening and powerful and I hope more will find time to connect with their roots. Ed, thank you too. for your vision and effort. A big shut out to all in this video from China and the Philippines.

@chitz1968 4 года назад

Ni Hao Zhong Guo! 😘😍😇 My Two Grand Grand Father is from China. They are best friends. They left china and went to the Philippines. In the Philippines, they both married a Filipina. Their respective children married each other. That is my Grand Father (Lolo) and Grand Mother (Lola) from my Father Side. God Bless China and Philippines. I wish both will be Peaceful, Prosperous and Joyful.

@SlyzMarketer 5 лет назад

Saying Hello from Singapore. I am a Teochew. Your hokkien is good. We should never forget our roots.

@SlyzMarketer 3 года назад

@@RollerBladingSuxs Yes. "潮州“ （Chao Zhou in Mandarin , Teochew in Teochew and Hokkien).

@jeanettesee4214 2 года назад

I am fortunate enough to be able to visit my grandmother’s relatives in fujian province before she passed away. Since she never lost contact with them so it was easy to reconnect, we went there with my aunts uncle and grandmother. It was really an awesome experience to see where your roots are.

@cuculawrence1303 5 лет назад

Great documentary. Thank you Barnaby Lo for your small meaningful contribution for our Chinese Diaspora world wide. You made me inspired as a Chinese diaspora myself.

@mokumoku6492 5 лет назад

Nice try, propagandist. I belong to a Chinese diaspora family, and no, you're not convincing me. Leave the Philippines alone.

@Wbliss 2 года назад

@@mokumoku6492 I ‘m a Chinese diaspora too, not from the Philippines but from an ASEAN country. There is nothing wrong with rediscovering your family roots, be they from China or Africa, Europe or Brazil etc. The point here is to reconnect family ties , no matter which country yr relatives live in presently. This family relationships transcends political , economic , social boundaries that each one of us live by, & to take the time & interest to reconnect with someone of your own family circle, living on the other side of the world, is gratifying personally.

@LeonardLuzon 3 месяца назад

@@Wbliss Well, CGTN is a state media but this documentary about this reunification isn't a propaganda, it's a personal one.

@islandvibez 3 года назад

Austronesians came from China. The Hemudu, Liangzhu, Majiabang cultures are all purported to be the original source of Austronesians, who came to Taiwan independently of each other to form the modern Austronesians. Then they went throughout all the islands from Madagascar to Hawaii, Rapa Nui, and New Zealand. The language is also the most widespread prior to the European Colonial Era.

@dakz.tv7698 Год назад

Agree.but we are mongoloid race bfore not Chinese.

@FlyingSpaghettiMonsterFollower 6 месяцев назад

The concept of Chinese is a recent geographical and historical or cultural evolution. The China today is Han centric. Any non dark skin Asians are indeed came from mainland Asia it's just that these people are different people back then that somehow lived in the geographical location of what's now called China today.

@islandvibez 6 месяцев назад

@@FlyingSpaghettiMonsterFollower I'm just stating the facts. It also doesn't take away the fact that modern humans originated in the continent now known as Africa, yet people outside of Africa are no longer known as African.

@FlyingSpaghettiMonsterFollower 6 месяцев назад

@@islandvibez Yeah, what's the problem. I'm just adding facts, so no one will misunderstood and create misconception from your comment.

@gamerboynocringe3695 4 года назад

I have a little Chinese blood too in me. My grandfather was from Fujian province. His last name is Ching. His uncle and aunt brought him to the Philippines when he was young when his parents where murdered during a robbery in their shop. I still remember as a kid 40 years ago seeing my Chinese aunt bringing us tea and "tikoy". It would be cool to see where my grandfather's ancestors live. Someday probably, GOD willing I can be able to accomplish it, just like Mr. Barnaby Lo.

@bb89670 5 лет назад

Well that's because they migrated to the Philippines during Chinese revolution. They migrated to Taiwan. Some during the Spanish colonial they were trading, they ended up staying.

@cindymananzalamartinez6679 4 года назад

That's not one of the oldest Chinatown in the world, that is THE oldest Chinatown in the world.

@Jeng23672 2 года назад

Yes 👍

@JoelMatas-oc4bl Год назад

@@Jeng23672 yes I agree. The oldest china town...there is. In the Philippines."Binondo"

@aho900girly7 4 года назад

Here in Mindanao there are many Filipinos with Chinese blood ancestry there last name Ang ,Go, Uy (Huang) , Lim , Liang a lot more

@k-studio8112 4 года назад

Sa lahat ng nabanggit mo parang yang Liang lang ata di ko naririnig😂😂

@mortalsin8811 3 года назад

Ako nga facial feature ko parang Indonesian brown skin bilog mata at pero nagtataka ako bakit Yung mga kapatid ng papa ko at mga 1st cousins ko iba din feature nila may maputi na singkit..same story sa mother side ko may mga singkit at mga mukhang mexicano na brown skin..hahahha

@user-ym1bs7om9e 3 года назад

i mean yeah almost 1/3 of Filipinos has Chinese ancestry or east Asian.

@itsmevanny 3 года назад

yung lola ko from Negros pero singit at sobra puti yung half mga sister nya hindi naman maputi at singkit

@etloo1971 3 года назад

The Chinese surnames in Philippines also similar to those in Malaysia. Ang (Hong), Goh (Wu), Ooi/Wee (Huang), Lim (Lin).

@not1but2and37 5 лет назад

This is just awesome! Excellent story.

@smn_sl 2 года назад

My parents have both of Chinese blood in them. My grandfather on my father's side is full-Chinese, but he was born and raised here in the Philippines, but he is likewise unaware of his ancestors. Meanwhile, on my mother's side, my great-grandmother is Chinese as well. My grandmother told me that her mother, my great-grandmother, used to travel back and forth here in the Philippines to see her relatives until she met my great-grandfather. My great-grandmother never mentions where she came from in China or even her Chinese name. Even though this information is insufficient, I still hope that one day I will be able to trace my Chinese roots.

@issabacsa 3 года назад

My grandfather was only 6 years old when he and his father arrived in the Philippines from Amoy (now Xiamen), China in 1906. It would be nice if I could also go to Xiamen to trace my ancestry.

@bill4056 11 месяцев назад

its now easy to travel in china. shanghai has many routes to different parts of the country because of bullet trains.

@R_L_1369 11 месяцев назад

廈門 was one of the main ports that people from Hokkien province left 大清 from for the Philippines. My great grandparents left from 廈門 but generally came from 晉江, 泉州, and 南安 area. Definitely talk to older people in your family. Most of my family forgot their roots and have assimilated but a few branches kept in touch still with our relatives in 唐山/中國。Because of this, we were able to establish contact and were finally able to pay respect to our ancestors and forefathers. We were welcomed with open arms.

@JM-ov6zs 4 года назад

Both my maternal grandparents, and my father’s maternal side have Chinese ancestry. And so yes! ”There’s a little Chinese in me”. 😊

@Tom19142 4 года назад

My Greatgrandfather was from Beijing and after WW2 he went to the Philippines specifically in the region of Bikol where his had some business, I know that his name was Insiong (sorry I don't know how to spell it) and the family name is Li, so I think that his name was 李英雄 (Yingxiong as hero, I currently study at school Chinese). He married a Filipina and had 10 children, the oldest was my grandma who married a Filipino, from them they got my dad who married a Filipina (my mom) and here I am. I know that my Chinese blood is very little but I really want to rejoice with that far part of family. I still need to ask more to my family about the story cause I only know part of it through my auntie. P.s. I also remember that my grandma once went to China to see the Chinese relatives with other family members

@cchuang534 5 лет назад

Wow! Philippine Hokkien is mutually intelligible with China's Hokkien. Cool!

@mokumoku6492 5 лет назад

My great grand ancestors left China many decades ago, like many poor mainland descendants who lived and became rich in the Philippines, at the height of communist leadership. Where freedom is suppressed, and most remained poor. They crossed the rough ocean with small boats to evade suppression. Economy has changed, but governance is still despicable. It is crazy wanting to a Chinese citizen again even though China is developing fast, life would still be awfully unhappy.

@palavoyz 4 года назад

Chinese is already in the philippines even before spaniards came and have the oldest chinatown in the world here.

@baboerben 4 года назад

@@mokumoku6492 STOP PREJUDICE. have a trip to feel China.

@MrLangam 3 года назад

@@mokumoku6492 You must relearn history. Seems like you know nothing about it.

@mystwalker479 3 года назад

Chinese were already in the Philippines before the Islams did

@yt9404 4 года назад

I considered myself as full blooded Filipino but I look like Chinese, others were saying bcoz of my eyes. And little did I know that the grandfather of my grandfather is a chinese

@laobok 3 года назад

So that would be your great great grandfather.

@warriorqueen863 3 года назад

😱😱😱😱😱

@filipino437 3 года назад

There's no pure filipino

@junomaranan1101 2 года назад

Your paternal grandma reminds me so much of my paternal grandma.. Although I was born & spent my early childhood (till 11 yrs old) in the Philippines & left for USA, I've always believed that most Filipinos have historical ancestry from China. I was very close to my grandma since my grandparents took care of me in my infancy. They had passed since but the moment I saw your grandmother's picture, the striking similarity reminded me of my grandma & nostalgia just took over. Although political territories draw boundaries between people, family/blood line will forever be boundless.

@jimmylee1776 Год назад

Thanks for this video. It’s wonderful to see people being able to connect with their relatives in China. I’m Teochew, my grand father & my dad came to Singapore from China, to work & saved money to remit to China for their family. My dad was only 12 years old when he arrived in Singapore. It must have been tough for him to leave his mother (my grandmother) & his younger siblings at this young age. With the blessing from God we had a successful business. We went to China in 1948 when I was 5 years old. Eventually my dad brought his siblings to Singapore & my grandmother came in 1951. I’m planning a trip to China to visit our relatives. Our roots are in Swatow (Shantou in Mandarin).

@bill4056 11 месяцев назад

its nice to know that you had keep in touch with your relatives in china. china used to be poor country but now China is more progressive than singapore. its now easy to travel to all parts in china .

@hacobie3836 2 года назад

i envy them a lot. i ask my mom since she knows only a little about her background. i would ask my dad but refuses to say anything. i really hope in the future i get the opportunity to know my relatives in china.

@user-ym1bs7om9e 3 года назад

fun fact: 1/3 of Filipinos has Chinese ancestry or east Asian.

@sakuragihanamichi1042 2 года назад

BLUFF.

@jenestrella9950 2 года назад

Well we hate the nationalities that look like us lol

@loisseluis4169 2 года назад

@@sakuragihanamichi1042 it`s true if you research 22% of Filipinos have chinese ancestry but they dont recognize it. Filipino who recognize their chinese ancestry is around 1.5m to 2M only

@heybeautiful8565 2 года назад

@@loisseluis4169 both of my parents came from US continent 140 years ago from the victorian era I don't think i have Chinese ancestry since they only migrated 100 years ago.

@zjy4466 2 года назад

More Filipinos have chinese blood

@yikokaye 2 года назад

What a great documentary! My paternal's grandfather and grandmother were also from China.

@masterkoi29 2 года назад

To all who doesn't know. Fujianese comes from the group of Han Chinese sub groups called " Hakka". Hakka people was originally comes from the Han Chinese. During the fall of the Han dynasty, some of the Han Chinese people migrated to other part of china and one of those Han Chinese established their own groups which was the Hakka.

@s._3560 2 года назад

Not everyone who is Fujian person （福建人）is Hakka （客家人）. Hakka dialect group is only one group of displaced people who spread over China's southern provinces. There are Hakkas in Guangdong province as well.

@simonyip5978 Год назад

My father is Hakka from Hong Kong, my mother is English, I was born in the UK.

@nrc468 10 месяцев назад

What a nice advocate Sir, please continue and excited to more families connect each other. Just found this channel only today.

@shawnmercado7787 4 года назад

This is a very good docu!

@racooncity3325 4 года назад

Ancestors of Filipinos immigrated from Fujian southern China of the Liangzu culture and from Borneo/Malaysia/Indo as proven by genetic testing and extensive research for thousands of years.

@marcusq4807 4 года назад

My chinese side is from fujian

@uglybepis3571 3 года назад

Filipinos ancestors came from Taiwan not Borneo! Most Filipinos have connections with Southern Chinese tribes, dna that is not present in most Indonesian and Malaysian can be found in Northern Tais, North Vietnamese, Taiwanese Aboriginals, North and Central Filipinos

@jenestrella9950 2 года назад

I want to say false

@americanracist6776 2 года назад

I take DNA test and finds out that i have Han Chinese

@americanracist6776 2 года назад

@@uglybepis3571 Thats why Philippine population only have 0.5% Malay ancestry,

@racboi60 3 года назад

Hi guys is there any filipino chinese organization I can join and connect with? I am eager to know my roots more deeply -蔡尚仁

@tonchua6353 Месяц назад

Kudos to you! Great video👍

@tingoghua1785 4 года назад

I hope I could also trace my roots in China. My Yéyé said that his mother is Chinese and their family name is ANG. I pressumed they are hokkien origin as well.

@liongkienfai104 4 года назад

This is really inspiring. Unfortunately, my family relocated to Hong Kong before eventually settling in Indonesia. So Hong Kong is as far as my living ancestors go. I already visit them regularly so somehow it doesn't feel as special as travelling into the mainland. Thank you Barnaby. One day I'll go to Guangdong to visit my great-grandparents' homeland. Hopefully with other relatives rather than alone. I'm considering using the My China Roots service, though I'm not sure how useful it will be considering any connection may even be too distant for my relatives in Hong Kong to know about. Btw, is that the Confucius Institute in the video?

@KCECC-ActiveHealthyAgeing Год назад

❤Touching event to see. Congratulations and thanks to all those that helped in the reunion.

@justinxin4794 2 года назад

I'm inspired, thank you for sharing!

@James1230 4 года назад

My great grandfather from my mother's side is Chinese-Spanish. Sometimes I also wonder where are our far relatives from China are doing now. It's hard to find roots especially if you never met anyone from them. My mom mentioned that the surname is Haoshan (not sure of the spelling)

@halimsalim1732 4 года назад

Chinese in filipina is happier than in Indonesia .

@unknow7686 4 года назад

jelas lah, indo kacau gini

@uglybepis3571 3 года назад

Sounds very sexual

@derptrolling4740 4 года назад

Pangasinan (1405 - 1580) is the only area along with Binondo which is founded by China in 1405. To Chinese: Please go to Pangasinan. They are building the Limahong Channel (Lin Feng who fought the Filipino and Spanish armies from Manila to Pangasinanin 1574) tourism and cultural center in the Lingayen (pangasinan capitol.

@maxdiana 4 года назад

There is history of the Song Dynasty being involved in occupying the Island of Luzon during 1224 to 1276 AD way before the Spanish arrived in 1545.

@eddydesigner9067 2 года назад

@@maxdiana hahahaha animal na mga tsekwa!!!

@jakechua6360 Год назад

Yep pre colonial Philippines and Taiwan have same fate before both occupied and raided by some Chinese pirates or the wukou pirates if Spain didn't interfere the Luzon island will probably a province of China like Taiwan was, the Visayas and Mindanao maybe it'll be annex of Malaysia and Brunei

@peritusarcus1943 4 года назад

currently working here in Qatar and most non Filipino's as well Filipino's that I interact with always starts conversation with me like "are you Chinese?" well then my uncles needs to answer a lot of question when I visit Philippines next year.,

@warriorqueen863 3 года назад

Yeah, we have roots in China but we love to be Filipinos! 😃 but Filipinos not only have Chinese blood but also Indonesian, Malaysian and other races! Oh it's amazing we have all the world's blood in our body!😱😱😱😱😱

@sims_leaf4824 3 года назад

😂😂😂natawa ako sa"in our body"blood na nga body pa

@filipino437 3 года назад

Lol Indonesian and malaysian are one race

@filipino437 2 года назад

@@missplainjane3905 no

@smoothie4448 Год назад

@@filipino437 Malays, Indonesians, and Filipinos are different from each other. Though, Malays and Indonesians are more closer to each other than Filipinos. Malays are Austronesians in Malaysia and they have more Melanesian and Austroasiatic admixture. Austronesian group in Indonesia on the other hand, are Balinese, Sundanese, etc. and they also have more Austroasiatic admixture. Meanwhile, In the Philippines, the Austronesian groups are Tagalog, Visayan, etc. and the admixture is more on Southern China than Austroasiatic.

@MrLangam 4 года назад

I was also helped by Relative finder. :)

@jonathanmcguire1019 4 года назад

90% of Filipinos look Chinese in my opinion. I rarely see Filipinos who don’t look Chinese.

@paula.m.4996 4 года назад

We are Austronesian. Look it up it’s interesting. The Austronesian people migrated out of what is now southern China to Taiwan in the Iron Age to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and all of the Pacific Islands. We are not Chinese. We share a common ancestor with Chinese people, but we are not racially Chinese. We are the Austronesians of Southeast Asia. That’s why Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have similar languages and we look the same. We come from the same place.

@aasss8830 4 года назад

Not me, I got mexican mestizo blood which isn't surprising...

@jonathanmcguire1019 4 года назад

Odell Mateo I didn’t say all Asian look Chinese buddy. All I said was most Filipinos look Chinese. You think the Filipinos are the only Asians? There are also other Asians buddy. I didn’t intend to discriminate, I only expressed my opinion. You’re very disrespectful and you sound very stupid buddy. Please stop talking because you’re too dumb for me

@jonathanmcguire1019 4 года назад

Odell Mateo I bet you’re a terrible person in real life. You’re not worth my time bud.

@jonathanmcguire1019 4 года назад

Odell Mateo haha you’re laughable 😂 you just depend on stereotypes to back up your info even if it doesn’t make sense. You’re ridiculous man shut up

@pocholokhan7718 3 года назад

USA supply Aid in the Philippines but the money they sent is for the politicians , Oligarchs, and Terrorist , but China brought us Economic growth development , Big Yes for China, From Philippines

@TheMaster4534 3 года назад

Facts.

@beautifullife5750 9 месяцев назад

Beautiful video.

@julianmontereysimbockervlo1630 Год назад

Thank you Barnaby for doing this, because it has inspired me to connect with my maternal grandfather someday. His name is Bawa Kiat Cheng, and my mother told me that he also came from Fujian province in china and migrated to Manila for a better life. I have his pictures and some info... Where can I go to ask for professional help and help me trace family back in China? Thanks!

@zab321 10 месяцев назад

I suggest search that guys name who helped them, Eduardo dela Cruz Jr. Maybe he can help you too. And may you reconnect with your family soon. 🙏

@rodrigodelaconcepcion7478 2 года назад

Great video. I'd like to research my family's Chinese Connection. My Mother, Maria Laquindanum Tsangsun dela Concepcion, told me my Great-Great Grand Father was from Macau, China. I'd like to find out more about him. He was a successful Shoe Factory Owner in Pampanga, PI. I think in the town of Macabebe? He returned to Macau because his grandsons had started wasting his fortune on gambling in the Philippines. I don't know if he left before or after WWII in the Philippines. If you could help with my research, I would be grateful for any assistance. Thanks, Rod

@mikeperez8524 5 лет назад

Philippines and China will always have a good relationship and it will become stronger as time goes.

@taeyeonjjang5120 4 года назад

Mike Perez always????

@philipreyes7536 4 года назад

@@taeyeonjjang5120 not always china is invading philippines lands.

@winterphoenix6360 4 года назад

Huh?

@nevermind5110 4 года назад

@@philipreyes7536 huh.? maybe US??

@nevermind5110 4 года назад

China was not our enemy But US does... mas tratratohin tayong kaaway pag kaalyado natin US... tsaka Sa tingin niyo ba proprotectahan tayo nang US against China? think again... Relationship with China would be the best thing when it comes through peace give them rice nalang for our support total dami nang nagugutom doon at plastic na mga pagkain... kaya kahit papaano kailangan din naman tulong natin eh ...tutulungan naman tayo sa Modernization at Pagpapalakas nang Military Forces

@uytopher 4 года назад

We wanted to find our relatives too in Putou Nanan Fujian 😭

@a.w.3438 5 лет назад

the family likeness is there :)

@ApoWangOd92333 Год назад

My father is a half chinese, and he and his siblings didn't got the chance to trace their relatives in china. My angkong "chinese term for grandfather" name Si Kim Yu who is pure chinese migrated here in the philippines in 1930's, settled and married my filipina grandmother, i can remember and feel pity to my angkong, as what i have remembered he cant speak bisaya and barely understand us my father told me when my angkong is still alive that he wants us to trace our roots in china, but my aunts and uncle are no longer interested since my angkong died 😢, i felt sad for my angkong because he died and never given the chance to go back to china where he belongs to. I hope one day i can visit the place of my grandfather in china and if possible meet my distant relatives there. 😢

@travelinchina2508 3 года назад

a very good programme connect chinese andPhilippine

@clairine2630 4 года назад

Never loose connection.. god job

@angelopandan8092 4 года назад

Before Spanish Occupation, Chinese already in the Philippines. They taught filipinos on how to trade and commerce. That is why lot of filipinos has chinese name but can't speak chinese.

@derptrolling4740 4 года назад

Pangasinan will the center of China influence in the Philippines not Binondo.

@rjee007 3 года назад

No, chinese did not teach filipinos to do trading and commerce. In fact it was the ancestors of the filipinos who introduced the maritime silk road to China around 6th century AD.

@rjee007 3 года назад

According to some Chinese chronicles, filipino came first to china to trade before china came to the islands ( modern day Philippines) to trade...

@zjy4466 2 года назад

That’s why there are more Filipinos with Chinese ancestry

@johnmongver 4 года назад

My grandmother's surname is Solapco (which I think is Chinese) and it seems she has a Chinese blood as well (maybe her grandmother) but I dunno if I can still contact them, it has been several generations.

@leonrowe5445 4 года назад

johnmongver thats not chinese lol

@Ivan-bg1jp 3 года назад

Leon Rowe Not sure but some Chinese families adopted suffixes and affixes on their surnames. For example: cakTIONG, GOkongwei, which isn't so far off from solapCO

@yikokaye 2 года назад

@@Ivan-bg1jp just like QUINto?

@drc9477 2 года назад

@@leonrowe5445 That is chinese, just hispanized, many chinoy surnames ends with -co

@user-nj9pe7qb5e 3 года назад

Wow

@jomariesuarez7234 3 года назад

If There's No Territories Problems China And Philippines Gonna Be Good Friends For Sure... 🇨🇳🇵🇭

@notoracism5425 3 года назад

philippines also have territory problems with other countries such as Malaysia,Vietnam,Taiwan(since Philippines think Taiwan is not part of China),etc. but the only one they insult are chinese/ filipino-chinese. They must have forgot that Chinese and Filipinos have been friends for centuries such a shame

@maemae8542 3 года назад

@@notoracism5425 i think because the chinese peoples in past is kind but now the chinese people is most of them are acts high whenever they go to other country even their government already warn them when going outside there country they must behave...

@no1cares403 3 года назад

Are you sure about that?

@danieladan5297 3 года назад

@@no1cares403 may galit toward Chinese?

@em-rr9bg 3 года назад

@@maemae8542 one Chinese doesn't represent the whole Chinese...rmb that in your mind

@rishielquizo5886 2 года назад

Wow! I hope i can find my family in china also🙏

@Leepingwei 4 года назад

Nice Story...

@evelimdelacruzalejandrotal7959 2 года назад

Even us we never meet our family live in Shanghai according to the story.. LIM family are also many in Philippines. But since my grandma died, no one is interisted to know our ancestors.

@merlin88888 5 лет назад

Sad, because people around me always say that "I'm chinese" or half chinese but do we ever think about our Filipino roots? Mostly our Filipino ancestors that lived in our country way before the chinese, All of the focus is always on the "Foreign" roots.

@ianhomerpura8937 5 лет назад

It's quite hard to trace, actually. Governor-General Narciso Claveria ordered all Filipinos to change their surnames in 1843, hence making the process of finding relatives and clans way harder (unless you have a sonewhat unique surname).

@Rtype426 4 года назад

DNA never lies

@paula.m.4996 4 года назад

@begotten59 2 года назад

Kudos! Barnaby! 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳👏👏👏

@tsinoy 3 года назад

Not sure if Abra went through naturalization. He must have. My father was born in 1937 to a Chinese father and a Filipino-Chinese mother. He was an ACR-holder up until age 21 when he had to elect Philippine citizenship. Abra should not have had any trouble getting a PH passport had he been able to present his naturalization papers at the onset. Abra is lucky. They kept contact with their relatives in China--unlike in our case. My grandfather came to PH in the early 1930s with his brother and their uncle (and his family). It was like they totally uprooted themselves and never looked back. Ed's story and his advocacy was I think not effectively presented though. Has an all-over-the -place feel to it.

@Abrahamgreenbodybuildinglifest 9 месяцев назад

So is China town still in Manila I have been to Manila and worked and saw Manila but I haven't been to the place but I have heard about it by many Filipinos.

@kirkdaguinod9983 3 года назад

I want to know if i still have relatives in Henan

@braggito 3 года назад

My father's Chinese. I even went to a Chinese School in Iloilo but we can't trace our toots any longer since the elder generation has passed on.

@LatinoFilipino 3 месяца назад

I am Filipino-Spaniard and I am fascinated with Filipino-Chinese culture.

@antoniobenamer8681 4 года назад

My family name is Tay, my father was fron fujian province, I have Half brother and sister in HK, Shanghai. Lost touch with them. I'm holding on to my last name Tay.

@marinefrod7685 2 года назад

I hope you'll find them again soon.

@DoomStarRequiem 2 года назад

This makes me wonder how my relatives are over at the mainland.

@allyrt5981 4 года назад

Barnaby Lo and his uncles have same foreheads. Easy spot on. 😁

@faded_7027 4 года назад

Wow, My mom is from that man hometown. My mom say the my grandmother name Lyong is Chinese.

@kirkdaguinod9983 3 года назад

My both parents are 25% Chinese, my great grand mother from my grandmother side of my father (YU) came from northern China i don’t know where, so they left china because of the “one child policy” and for my great grand father from my grandfather of my mother side came from somewhere in Beijing (JAO) but sadly i didn’t know the reason why they left china i wish that someday i’ll know if we still have relatives in china sooner or later

@julieyu8562 3 года назад

Hi! Yu family din ako but my great grandparents from Fujian city

@kirkdaguinod9983 3 года назад

@@julieyu8562 hello

@febfeb-yr3eb 4 года назад

most of Filipinos are actually look chinese and are chinese descent actually but many dont have any idea about it... many filipinos last names are in chinese.. aside from one syllable chinese last names like Go, Tan, Lim etc, Chinese immigrants have two or three syllables before like quezon, cojuangco, vinzon, lachengco, catalan, gatchalian and many more.. many filipinos dont know about these because the curriculum in school dont give a f*ck about it.. it focuses more on americans and Spanish touched.. filipinos may wont admit that most of them are Hokkien chinese but the appearance wont lie.. but the philippines is a mixture of austronesians and chinese, taiwanese aborigines and a little percentage of western people.. another interesting fact and cant be denied is that Japanese and filipinos shared same genetic code according to studies..

@LookmyBack354 4 года назад

kung meron european blood ang pinoy less 2 percent kasi pang ilang generation na ang modern filipino.

@mortalsin8811 3 года назад

Tawag jan European manipulation.. hehehe

@educatingtheclosedminded7541 3 года назад

WTF WE WERE? ARE YOU GENERALIZING FILIPINOS? IF YOU ARE A CHINA MAN YOURSELF KEEP IT TO YOURSELF FILIPINO IS A CULTURE FILIPINO IS A NATIONALITY IF CHINA HAS ONLY ONE RACE NOT THE PHILIPPINES FILIPINO IS A MELTING POT IN ASIA NO PURE MALAY,SPANISH,AMERICAN,CHINESE ETC DONT GENERALIZE YOU'RE OWN RACE TO YOUR COUNTRY CHINA MAN CHINESE DONT REPRESENT THE PHILIPPINES PLS BE EDUCATED AND WE ONLY CAME FROM ONE RACE THE HUMAN RACE STOP THIS RACE BULLCRAP I DONT KNOW WHEN WILL THE DAY COME PEOPLE WOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT RACE NON SENSE WE ARE JUST VISITORS IN THIS EARTH AND WE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR OWN LIFE ABOUT RACES? LIKE WTF IF YOU ARE PROUD ABOUT BEING A CHINESE DESCENT IN THE PHILIPPINES KEEP IT TO YOURSELF THE WORLD IS BIG YOU DONT REPRESENT COUNTRIES DUMNASS

@krysta-ajhaah-min-yah8368 2 года назад

Japanese and Filipinos same genetic code.... Source please?

@francesbalgos1411 2 года назад

you're just delusional

@alroberts193 5 лет назад

very interesting documentary.. My family married to Tsinoys too.

@AnnieT369 2 года назад

Those left behind in China look better off than those who left for the Philippines and endured so much hardship.

@simonyip5978 Год назад

I think that China is now wealthier and more prosperous than the Philippines, maybe their ancestors should have stayed in China instead of leaving.

@pahatpahat9566 3 года назад

Well, they look rather similar ! Chinese family ties are strong indeed!

@asianpath1004 4 года назад

nakaka ingit naman

@RED_WIRE 4 года назад

May I know what visa was given to him? Kasi pag chinese ka or may relatives ka from china you’ll be given immigrant visa. My Grandpa is from China but got no documents to prove it.

@maemae8542 3 года назад

Mag pa DNA ka po

@JanVergelYOLO Год назад

❤

@rpaxso7012 2 месяца назад

My Surname is Uy and im from Mindanao all i know is my grandfather was Chinese. I envy those FilChinese that trace there ancestors.😢

@Weeping-Angel 5 месяцев назад

Wow. It must be shocking and emotional to find out you have a half brother at such a late age.

@hafizilmi7255 3 года назад

8:08 Did he just say "Tiongkok"？ Tiongkok means China in Indonesian.

@laobok 3 года назад

It's the Hokkien reading of 中國.

@btsmochimi7924 3 года назад

I want to find my far relatives too from my great grandfather side pero ang hirap haha. His surname was Go and that's the only thing I know. I think he purposely migrate here in the Philippines kasi nagka drought at giyera noon ang China tas pinatay pa noong world war 2, malabo ng ma trace. As far as I know, my grandmother taught me chinese numbers that I didn't even know it was Hokkien😅

@travelinchina2508 3 года назад

chinese name and birth place.

@zacharyfps1938 Год назад

They look alike no doubt they are relatives.

@CandraSurya-um9yt 9 месяцев назад

My ancestors came from Fujian..... Xiamen as well......immigrating to Bali.... Indonesia.... in the 18 th century...... luckily we still have our ancestral house there.....and still visiting them once a while......

@josephlin4431 5 лет назад

.chines and pilippins should sign aggrements of free acces in all chines families/relatives between pilippins and china w/o restrictions or visa to obtain...by chance im happyto come and look for my ancestors too....

@keiko9160 2 года назад

My grandfather's side has a chinese ancestry. His father is a chinese and married a filipina. But my grandfather never thought us anything about Chinese culture.

@100kejimaeda Год назад

I'm part Chinese on my father side and his mother is half Chinese and I wish I can do the same.

@CypressC2j 2 года назад

Jessica Soho is a reporter of GMA 7 but her ancestors is a Chinese

@chennychenchenny1127 5 лет назад

Usual family name GO...is cantonese ????? He is hokkienese...???

@workerworker7961 5 лет назад

Go is very prominent Chinese clan in Cebu island, pure Hokkien...

@chennychenchenny1127 5 лет назад

@@workerworker7961 #ok...

@DrewYourLover 3 года назад

@Noddy Vane-Arbuthnot most of them were Fujianese who worked for the Spaniards. The Cantonese came first hundreds of years prior to Magellan, it's just that they were overwhelmed by the later.

@vickyouko2490 4 года назад

Historically all Philippinos migrated from the southern part of China!

@hamsahassan-jp2ww 3 года назад

Haha wow anong history yan

@hamsahassan-jp2ww 3 года назад

Deputang tsekwa

@educatingtheclosedminded7541 3 года назад

@filipino437 3 года назад

@@educatingtheclosedminded7541 your***

@whyhowwhatwhen1688 4 года назад

both my grandparents from my father side is of Chinese origin.

@jrexx2841 3 года назад

My great grandpa is Chinese too

@warriorqueen863 3 года назад

I think same with my grandfather...Chinese are hardworking people and probably as i assume, the grandparents of my grandfather came somewhere from China and till the land in our hometown with great devotion. No wonder, my grandfather's parents have a wide land in my hometown and they are one of the wealthiest there. World War II ruined the life of my grandfather's family. May he rest in peace. My grandfather is a great storyteller and a book reader...he inspired me to love History subjects!😃😃😃😃

@humbertochong9094 3 года назад

Philippine has relatives to Hokkien ancestors and Cuba to Guangdong like my grandfather ...➡️ Hi immigrate with the age of 18 year old to Cuba...➡️🇨🇺➡️👍

@derptrolling4740 5 лет назад

Binondo and Pangasinan are the Chinese areas.

@strawberryshortcake_1994 4 года назад

Cavite, Binondo, Pangasinan, Davao Region

@valarmorghulis8139 3 года назад

Why is almost everyone from fujian?

@bebzybebz3082 2 года назад

Its true...mostly from Fujian or Fukien China, I went with my HK boss once there at sinabi nya, dont you know that all the Chinese in the Philipinnes came here...aba marunong din ah...now I know....super mababait sila,,,,

@wangpaochen8569 2 года назад

I am hokkien , n l wonder if l could find my distant relatives back in Fujian. My grandparents n parents have passed on long ago n my close siblings are living in Singapore. Oh how l wished, l too, will have a chance of finding my distant relatives in Fujian too? My paternal grandparents told us they have distance cousins n relatives back in China. Unfortunately they died when my siblings n l were very young.

@ramsesexpress4919 3 года назад

Its just long time of evolution filipino people adopt the Philippine environment just like the other south east asian people which is original roots is from china..

@jiro2020 5 лет назад

according to my college professor 60% of Filipinos have Chinese descendants.

@aldin474 5 лет назад

True. More actually

@shangyinhan4248 5 лет назад

Tama

@richarddiaz5165 5 лет назад

Bobo prof MO. Baka ibig nyang sabihin ancestors

@racooncity3325 4 года назад

It’s around 30-60%

@strawberryshortcake_1994 4 года назад

Legit!

@christopherjohnespiritu9642 3 года назад

Mostly Chinese during Spanish times converted to Catholicism and assimilated with spanish and filipinos. We are now divided by religion and not by races and we now consider ourselves as Filipino. Even people from the Philippines who bear the surname Lim, Ng, Ching, Go etc didn’t consider themselves as Filipino Chinese. They’re just Filipino. Only 1st -3rd generation Chinese immigrants considered themselves as Fil-Chinese. But those who have Chinese roots from Spanish to American occupation seen themselves as just Filipino. Even their surname is Chinese.

@Ivan-bg1jp 3 года назад

When China gets fully developed, more and more people will claim to have Chinese blood. Take note that it will probably happen in our lifetime. An average Chinese in the Mainland now earns 10500 USD. Their capital, Beijing, people there earn more 24000 USD per year, to compare, an average Taiwanese earn the same amount, the Koreans isn't so far ahead with 32000 USD. Even with the ridiculous amount of anti-Chinese sentiment in the Philippines right now, that is just in the surface. People will naturally gravitate towards admiration of a rich country and flock there. Soft power will come later. Right now, uso ang KPop, but in a decade (at most), baka CPop naman.

@bldomain 2 года назад

@@Ivan-bg1jp Totally agree. Chinese Malaysian here have been brain washed by Western media to think China is backward for decades. To us China is HK, Taiwan, and American Chinatown. But ironically all the fear mongering by the Western media on the "danger" of Chinese technology, economy and military prowess have gravitate us to look and to discover the REAL China. All the anti Chinese rhetoric by the West have instead bring forth the Chinese in us.

@s._3560 2 года назад

Many people only want to be identified with winners, not losers. Especially so if their elders never tell them about their roots and to take pride in where they really come from so their descendants will live in ignorance.