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Post by thepoonsfromhoyping on Jun 14, 2022 10:51:36 GMT -5
Hello!
My great-grandfather Jew Poon (alternative name: Nin Wing Phoon) immigrated from a village called 'Jung Wo Lee' in 'Hoy Ping', Canton to Edmonton, Canada in 1912. I believe the village is currently called Zhongheli (中和里). Anyone else from this village?
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Post by LJ on Jul 16, 2022 20:56:42 GMT -5
Hello thepoonsfromhoyping! Welcome to the Chinese Genealogy Forum! Thank you for the information about your great-grandfather Jew Poon / Nin Wing Phoon. The Village DB sponsored by the Friends of Roots has an entry for a 中和里 / Chung Wo Lay / Zhōnghélǐ village with the surname 潘 / Poon. I don't know if any of my ancestors were from Zhongheli nor if any of them were Poons, but I would like to share two pieces of information that might connect my family to yours: The first is that my father's results at one of the genealogical DNA testing services show that he has a DNA match who is a Poon located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and two DNA matches whose surname begins with the letter P. and who are a pair of siblings in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and who are also 1st cousins of the Poon in Edmonton. Based on where the testing service automatically placed a number of matches in my father's family tree, I infer that these three particular matches are on either the 方 / Fong or 譚 / Hom (Tom) branch of my father's paternal side (of course, my inference could be incorrect, and these matches would instead be on the 關 / Kwan (Quan) or 司徒 / Seto (Situ / Soo Hoo / Szeto) branch of his maternal side). The other piece of information that might connect our two families is that my father's side is also from Hoyping (Kaiping). If you're one of these three DNA matches, or if you know or think you're related to them, or, if you have Fong or Hom (or even Kwan or Szeto) ancestors or relatives, let's talk more about it privately in Messages and find out if you and I have recent common ancestors in Hoyping. Cheers! LJeung |
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Post by darkterror8 on Jul 18, 2022 10:18:20 GMT -5
Do you know if Jew Poon had any siblings? It's a long shot, as the names of the Poon village we are from and where you are quoting from are different.
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