Up to now, I’m still wondering what my family name means. Am I related to Mr So-and-So? Or, to this famous music composer? I’m not sure. I haven’t ventured into tracing my family tree. Should I undertake a genealogical study of my family name’s origin. After reading Mr Renato Perdon’s account of how Filipino family names came [...]

In case you’re wondering what “angkan” is, yes it can be translated as “clan” or group of families in English. We started this site more than a year ago, but we did not get the chance to put it to high priority. Hopefully, 2010 would be different.