History of The Chinese in Samoa 

And egg fu yong, and keke saiga

So true

And kekepuaa

Hahaha ceki i me

and for that i am grateful

are you from nepal or are you Indian?

much love for you guys their, God bless

@@directorlunchie2322 gurkha he said

Same here, my grandpa was half chinese but he died when my mum was around 3 or 4 yrs old.

There is alot of samoan with chinese last names even German the way samoa should b lookn at is getting into business not only the chinese helpn samoa but future of its people there is alot of resources of samoa where they can make alot of money very simple all u have to look at is exports eg taro coconut sugar cane eg sugar coconut oil health medicines eg then look at food n veges samoa is a good place for plantation especially taro banana ufi coconut

Connected? There's no connection between Samoa and historically. That's more of a preference.

which province and city are you living in China right now? how's your mandarin?

@Sir Alfred Lawrence Rubbish, Samoan government are so corrupted, they steal money from churches and rugby, pin it on chinese! disgusting!

do u like Asian guys? just curious

Glad you speak up, I find samoan nationalism repulsive! the CHinese built their samoan descendents everything, and they don't honer chinese culture, they are racist, white washing! they praise those samoan and other polynesian who are part european!

Same thing happened to my great grandfather.

So sad to hear that uso,but there was from the old days back then.But the generations to generations are in good ways now...God bless Samoa

Thats exactly like my fams uce

Good read a book smh. The Samoan government didn’t exist until 1962. It was NZ government that was I charge of Samoa 90 years ago. So don’t blame Samoans for sending your ancestors back

My husband is searching for his father’s grave in China. He went back in the 90s to seek medical help. He passed away a month later. His siblings sent letters to my MIL telling her of his passing and if she wants to move to China with all 5 of the kids they will pay for everything. Sadly, MIL decided not to leave but raised her kids in Samoa and take care of her elderly parents. Somewhere along the way she lost contact with my FIL’s family and till now she does not have any memory of where in China he is buried. My husband is willingly to go to China and visit his gravesite and family and make that connection with his siblings and his children, but mostly is to know where his father is buried because he passed away while he was only 4 years old. And it is my wish for him to one day be connected again with his Father’s family and actually see where he is buried. We don’t know where to begin but we have been asking questions and doing a lot of research and still we face a dead end to everything. We are not sure how accurate and safe DNA test is but, it is an option along this long period of researching. If there’s any help that is out there that we don’t know of, please let me know what it is. Thank you for sharing your story.

What year did your grandfather return? In the Nancy Tom book it mentions a man who had taken his son with him to China...if you know the year then that will help as in the book it states the ships

i am chinese ,my hometown is near the border between china and vietnam.i already have permission to work in samoa,i will go to samoa at soon

@@andyxie7422 if I was to give you a name would you be able to find out any details? I’m also looking for more details regarding my great grandfather who was Chinese

Yeah I did a DNA test too. My great grandfather brought up my father. They had their Samoan slang they called him but as for his actual name in Chinese characters, we do not know, I guess makes it hard to find his origin, although the DNA test says the ethnic group is from China/Vietnam. Hopefully we can find something soon.

Not all samoans look asain

Kelly B Kelly, if you read Polynesian history and its origins, it points to Philippines and Taipei. The Lapita people, ancestors of Polynesians were from South East Asia. This video only relates to the Chinese brought in by the Germans to work their farms. Those South East Asian features you see in Samoans and Tongans go back centuries. Fa'afetai lava.

God Bless you Kelly B Kelly 🤗🤗🤗

@@manuhamoa your ass lmao this aint about Tongan this all samoans

@@manuhamoa true, my great grandmother from dads side, dna known to be from south east Asia..

Tianna Teuila No it's because Samoans ancestry came from Asia.

Samoan came from ancient East, techniqually they are Asian and melanesian = pacific islander, Amis people are southern mongoloid, where your gene came from.

some 100% Samoa is also look asia but not East Asia but south east Asia

Samoan already a mix of asians you aint a half breed lmfao

how do you know he was on the 2nd wave?

No it's not. They're are lots of full blooded Samoans still. In Western Samoa you'll find them. My mother is full blooded Samoan. No Chinese in her ancestry or our family.

Im full blooded what you talking about.

Rare Polynesians are not rare. Most of the Chinese invaded American Samoa.

@@johnwilliams8768 alot of korean people there

Alicia S cuz orginiaply yeats ago polys Lived there

Alicia S ask your nana, your mommas mum hahaha. Only her knows your mums real dad lol. J/K

Litterally me

I know this is late but here goes...This vid is an excerpt of the doco Dragons in Paradise. Look for it on RU-vid.

same, I know your pain.

Honestly feels impossible to get any traction or history on it sadly

depends I believe coolies came from CANTON, are Cantonese and Hakka two ethnic subgroups of YUE粵. they settled in 1800s so it would be great grand parents or great great grandparents, not neccesary the surname to tell, many polynesian atheles have chinese feature I can tell but their last name is Samoan. probably their great grandmother was part chinese. maternal line.

Uale Ma'i?

without a doubt. all chinese clan names.

It depends on certain factors. You will find that some Samoans whether full blood or half blood will have roots to both Europe and Asia meaning some of them will carry on the surname or family name on the fathers side. It may not necessarily have to be Chinese surname. The reason I say that is because most of the Samoans sometimes earlier or later in life choose to take on Matai names - Chief title names replacing the surname altogether. And when they have children of their own that name is carried on and so forth. This makes it extremely difficult for future descendants to trace back family names and their true family roots within Samoa. Especially in earlier times when matai names were not exactly kept on birth and death records except memorial headstones.

@@casualb3at534 exactly

That’s definitely true. They were the Taiwanese Aboriginals/Lapita peoples who left Taiwan thousands of years ago. Taiwanese Aborigines are different from the Chinese today; probably why Polynesians look different. Most of the Chinese today are of Han Chinese stock. So if anything, the relatives of the Polynesians are probably not the Chinese today in Taiwan or China, but more like the Island Southeast Asians who comprise more of this Aboriginal Taiwanese ancestry (Austronesian). Another reason Polynesians look different is also because of the founder effect - which essentially narrowed down their gene pool and made them somewhat unique in genotype and phenotype (how they look). I believe the Asians that are most related to Polynesians are the hill tribes of the Philippines and the Ami aboriginals of Taiwan. For the larger Asian groups, it’s definitely Filipinos who are most related to the Polynesians, although Filipinos themselves are not a singular grouping. The larger Tagalog group for example would be a little less related since they have a smaller amount of Austronesian ancestry around 35 percent, while the Ilocanos would be more related to the Polynesians at around 55 percent Austronesian ancestry. The Indonesians and Malays would be next since they have around 25 percent Austronesian ancestry - the reason why they would still be considered Austronesian is because of the fact that most of their cultural and linguistic origins share common grounds with all the other Austronesian groups (Madagascar, Polynesians, Micronesians, Filipinos). Why the maritime Southeast Asians have less Austronesian ancestry is mainly because of Austroasiatic migrations from the North (Mainland Southeast Asian ancestry that most Thais and Khmer people have, the Burmese are different in this regard). If we talk about genetic distances, mainland Southeast Asians are much closer to the Chinese Han than to the Austronesians. A smaller reason to why they have less Austronesian ancestry is also because of Northeast Asian (mainly Chinese) migration. Polynesians today are of majority Austronesian stock, but almost all of them are not purely Austronesian either, with varying levels of admixture in different groups. This is because of the second backward migration from Melanesians and the Papuans back into Remote Oceania. Because of this, almost every Polynesian has a least some degree of Papuan genes. The whole region on average would have around 25 to 30 percent Papuan DNA but it differs among different groups, just like how Southeast Asians had varying levels of Austronesian DNA. The Eastern Polynesians and Southern Polynesians have the least Melanesian DNA (Hawaii, Tahiti, Māori) at around 10 to 20 percent. They also have significant amounts of other foreign admixture like British, Irish, French, and Japanese mainly as a result of European settlement. A separate study was done on Samoans to see their Papuan admixture and the population consistently had an average of around 25 percent. Samoans also have around 5 to 15 percent of Han Chinese and Western Eurasian (German) ancestry on average - the Chinese part could be explained here in this video. The Tongans, Uveans, and the Polynesian outliers in Solomon Islands have the most Melanesian ancestry among Polynesians, at around 40 percent. This makes sense because they are geographically much closer to Papuans. Some people seem to have pointed out how some Tongans in particular had traits that somewhat resembled Africans, which likely comes from their Melanesian ancestry. (Melanesians may look unambiguously “black”, but they are genetically very distant from Sub Saharan Africans) So to sum it up, there is at least to some extent shared ancestry between Polynesians and certain Taiwanese aboriginals and maritime Southeast Asians for sure, but with varying degrees of course. (I.e. a Tahitian is much closer to an Ilocanos than a Tongan genetically). However, despite genetic differences, the culture that made up all these groups share a common origin, as well as the linguistics, so it should be noted that all these people are all a big family we can name the Austronesians a.k.a the group that covers the most geographic area. Hope you learned something new!

@@ooslegaming2957 Are you joking with no ideas lol 'Ata Easter Island 🗿 Ahu o Tongaliki Moai tiki Gods not Asian but S American Tongan Empire History Langi o Tuitonga Stone mound people Haamonga a Maui Stonehenge in Tongatapu Actually Vaihi in Tonga means big Land America named after Savaihi Savaii big Island and Havaihi Hawaii names by Tongan navigators 🤫 Siaheulupe

Do it. Samoans always use soy sauce in food.

well, let me break this down for you, Samoan ancestors came from Amis tribe Taiwan and Northern Phillipines IGOROT. Fillipino is not just Asian, Asian is not an ethnic group, japanese Han chinese korean are different genetics from Indian (south Asiana). you Samoan are bigger, but if you go and check out your ancestors pic from 18th century, they were skinny and petite, cos Samoan are southern Mongoloid(East Asian) and part melanesian from Fiji, solomon island. distant Melanesian can be traced back to 50,000 yrs ago. I'm from this gene pool, so I'm aware of when your ancestors settled in western polynesian, 700BCE-200BCE, while micronesians fanned out from PHILLIPINEs islands as well, 2000BCE and they reached PALAU, GUAM more than a thousand yrs before your ancestors did, your ancestor didn't invent single outtriger canoe either, that came from Borneo and Northern Phillipines,FILLIPINO is spanish term, mixed race people from today's Phillipines, there are over 300 ethnic groups living in SouthEast Asia. culturall Samoan is austronesian, pacific islander gene pool, but according to DNA research, POLY gene pool is found in Phillipijes and eastern Indonesia. you are Not related to malay or javanese though. cloest tribes are igorot and Amis, Amis tribe is the MUSCLE tribe produces the most atheles in Taiwan, so it's gotta be their fine atheletic warrior gene :) GMO food from the West mutated your genetic, your people became bigger taller stronger, but also prompt to obesity when they eat more than their body needs, being pacific islander they eat one meal a day, they survive with minimum food consumption and coconut water, western produce make your people stronger but they also become FAT and gain diabetes. your genetic will shows Polynesian and part melanesian, if you are part Cantonese coolie descent it will show you part chinese. as far as I know, only Cantonese and HAKKA people were coolies brought to SAMOA in 1800s.

Lol..i agree with you DNA..I'm very offended here in Hawaii I got questioned so many times by our own people n some other akuguu bout what is my mix I said wtf I'm Samoan but they said no sister straight up you got Asian on you it's shows on your face..lmao..I hated n love it the same times I laughed at myself when I'm alone... how the hell we cannot deny the f Asian in our blood.. eehhhhhhh

😂 me too, they think I’m Filipino.

@@RamBam84 not always

but i thought you are tongan?

wtf

thats makes you koelau lol

Tianna Teuila dang your pretty

Tianna Teuila: Would've never guessed!...

Big Uce - nah uce , what about the sth Koreans/filipino's living there in kukuila , fagakogo, Leone etc..I'm sure they got small hamo's there ! .... Malo !

I noticed that. Majority of eastern Samoans are tall and darker in complexion. Must be that tui manu'a blood lmao

Big Uce I Think that’s because the food in Tutuila and Manu’a are all American food, hence why they’re bigger...

I don't have Chinese in my family,only German from my grandpa he got German blood

Andre Mensah bruh

migration occured before independence I guess, they could move around. there are 30,000 samoan part chinese ethnic, but under SAMOAN NATIONALISM PRIDE, they are ashamed to admit! and they don't honer their partial chinese culture and heritage

Yeah lol. Hence why the Chinese wanted to marry Samoan women.

Leaan Eleele ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OuiQGWprK9Q.html

Desmond Petelo my grandfather settled in Fiji. Moved from Canton, China to Taveuni, Fiji around 1940. His surname is Chan. He married my biological grandmother whom I thought was full Fijian (and turns out from my DNA test I’m 9% Samoan 8% Tongan and 8% Melanesian) so that blows the full Fijian theory out the window!

You might be right uso but u must take DNA test to find out,you never know Jackie Chan is one ur uncles..Good Luck on ur searching..fa uso

Antonina Kose wrong! I have power over those I lend money to

Antonina Kose IKR😕😂

How are they helping Samoa?

Samoa is in debt to China, they're not helping us, you think what they build on Samoan land is beneficial to Samoas economy?? China is destroying samoa inside out and the people don't even know, even that fat shit prime minister can't do the math and is now drowning in millions worth of debt. Other Pacific countries such as Fiji for example has fallen into China's trap, watch what's happening in Vanuatu wharf on 60 minutes.

China have corporations that have interest in Samoa. So they send people looking all nice and friendly offering Samoa loan to pay for their services which they know Samoa can't afford. Then they build Samoa waterworks, roads, cars and other stuff. And when Samoa can't repay the debt back to China......BOOM SHAKALAKA.....China owns Samoa

Yes...my mom's GGFather (German) brought my Dad's GGFather (Chinese) to work on his fields. 😲😲😲😲 How F'up is that? Just crazy...but here I am. 🤯🤯🤯

no, because they were COOLIES, the commodity of blackbirding. Coolies were basically SLAVE TRADE just paid peanuts to make it legal. many died of abuse and overworked in Peru. half million Cantonese and Hakka men were traded during the time. some went to Madagascar, Caribbean.

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Nope. Indonesians are part of Melanesian. Samoans are part of Polynesia.

michael misantrope similar ancestors that are getting over run and bred out by Chinese.

They are

In western Samoa brother

Im sorry to ask but why??? do you have my last name Toelupe if you dont mind me asking

​@@tuvaletoelupe898 because that's my Great Grandmothers name. Your family is my Samoan connection.