http://www.friendsofroots.org/events daily 0.75 2024-06-06 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2024/9/14/roots-reunion-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2024/9/14/roots-reunion monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/rootsplusreunion2010-2020 monthly 0.5 2023-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/0b47651c-d1b4-4c55-9f64-2eb3499815c9/05E0A0F6-6D81-4375-B07D-3C0DEB741823.png Events - Roots Plus Reunion 2010 - 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/roots-peru-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1574650877110-7S1Q64VLHJ2XW4GCH8TT/image-asset.jpeg Events - Roots Peru 2019 PHOTO:Sorin Colac | Dreamstime.com http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2019/10/30/fall-2019-roots-plus monthly 0.5 2019-10-31 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2020/2/1/roots-2019-presentation monthly 0.5 2019-10-23 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2019/6/24/summer-roots-2019-journey monthly 0.5 2019-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1571864660644-9ECJEI1SYTBTXD1EXIQT/GPTempDownload+%281%29.jpg Events - 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Roots 2017 Cohort Exhibit Opening Reception The 2017 Roots cohort at the Poon (Pacón) Ancestral Hall in San Shui. http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2017/10/1/roots-plus-2017-fall-journey monthly 0.5 2017-08-11 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2017/7/4/roots-2017-journey monthly 0.5 2017-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1491538653904-KK2BKZA54S917TT6HEM2/image-asset.jpeg Events - Roots 2017 Journey The Roots 2017 interns (a few remote ones are not pictured) at their second seminar with special guests Paula Madison, Judy Yung (not pictured) and Ruthanne McCunn Lum (not pictured). http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2017/5/8/roots-plus-2017-spring-journey monthly 0.5 2017-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1491839544546-ZPXXDKI2RT3EHKVX114Q/image-asset.jpeg Events - Roots Plus 2017 Spring Journey Sitting l-r: Trina Horner, Celia Huey, Jessica Huey, Martha Chan, Barbara Lee. Standing: Walter Lim, John Wong, Jason Phan, Dennis Huey, Patrick Chew, and Winston Lee Not pictured: Jane Chin and Danny Lee http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2017/2/25/roots-2016-presentation-exhibit monthly 0.5 2017-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1484031540355-AMTMG71UWJ6KYSW0PH93/image-asset.jpeg Events - Roots 2016 Presentation & Exhibit The Roots 2016 cohort at the Meiguan Pass in Nanxiong, Guangdong Province, China http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2017/4/1/eat-root-love-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1481264569380-ISPOK14G9GUN7DP8RNKF/13071726_1385494178142871_5735994763203449135_o.jpg Events - Eat Root Love 2017 Friend of Roots alumni at Eat Root Love 2016. Photo credit: Frank Jang http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/rootsplus2016 monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2016/8/23/dragon-roots monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1472019675938-JHTDI7LR0JLMVM9NZTHS/image-asset.jpeg Events - Cheer on the Roots Dragon Boat team the Dragon Roots team at their first practice http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2016/4/23/eat-root-love monthly 0.5 2016-02-03 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2016/4/10/roots-2015-presentation monthly 0.5 2015-09-28 http://www.friendsofroots.org/events/2015/10/1/roots-plus-2015-journey monthly 0.5 2015-09-28 http://www.friendsofroots.org/new-index daily 0.75 2015-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1443507834389-I8PUFUWUBL64FMVTL4TH/SAM_2096.JPG About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1443507975962-7JHS7U79RF369MA65LL2/SAM_1383.JPG About Us http://www.friendsofroots.org/linda-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099747031-Q974PWHVKUE5UC1W4JYB/image-asset.png Linda Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099747031-Q974PWHVKUE5UC1W4JYB/image-asset.png Linda Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801976560-DB94WFJN7H1YX6FHKYZY/DSC_6903.jpg Linda Gallery - Holding up a photograph of my maternal grandfather "gong gong". I first saw this picture in my grandmother's home when I visited China as a student abroad in 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801979742-RTIEWVSGKLZQMXGFAM00/DSC_6915.jpg Linda Gallery - A hand-inked sign to welcome our rooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802017691-03AZQNOGNRVY294MQT9Z/DSC_6922.jpg Linda Gallery - Preparing incense to pay respect at the Huang village family temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802016686-VLJMP69CGCUPLQNPI7KQ/DSC_6934.jpg Linda Gallery - Got my incense in hand, time to get #LIT! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802052091-JBUM5UZ7KZRGYCGY1DCH/DSC_6947.jpg Linda Gallery - My aunt Ling Yi guides me as I place the incense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802053697-IZ8J79M96F3V3Q47R0GY/DSC_6958.jpg Linda Gallery - My aunt Ling Yi guides me as I place the incense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802080365-W3181H9D8DVR0JNSLTXU/DSC_6980.jpg Linda Gallery - Rosa being the fearless leader and translator as my aunt walks us through the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802086118-3PSAGI6XEQKQPK32RJMB/DSC_6999.jpg Linda Gallery - Standing inside my ancestral home with an aunt, who I met for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802108375-FH1RE1U5MZI9OUV000DR/DSC_7008.jpg Linda Gallery - Meeting another aunt for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802109353-76XIMY5JAHMPK9VH93VI/DSC_7090.jpg Linda Gallery - A moment with my adorable 103 year old great aunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802127829-BSGKPHYUMTEARB2YH6EW/DSC_7094.jpg Linda Gallery - I never got the chance to meet my gong gongso it was nice to meet a relative who knew him. Her memories of him was enough for me to feel connected to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802128146-QIM6C8SF7JQR3G77LDW2/DSC_7098.jpg Linda Gallery - In the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802146488-0MWGQIRPOOBT8TTS2HX7/DSC_7119.jpg Linda Gallery - Outside the Huang village family temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802148188-V6JNOQYA6HC8QWHMEXC8/DSC_7126.jpg Linda Gallery - Visiting the courtyard and three 200-year old banyan trees that my mother had climbed on as a child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802168378-H0J3Y9M63ANI16OK6SY1/DSC_7129.jpg Linda Gallery - classic low-rise brick and mortar architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802166966-0OZEJCDXHILFYWX0E7H9/DSC_7130.jpg Linda Gallery - Letting loose with an aunt and a village official. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802201118-YXABHDVAS40VX1G3YS3Q/DSC_7178.jpg Linda Gallery - Press Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802190279-K14DJJEGOA1E74Z9FCPV/DSC_7201.jpg Linda Gallery - "1, 2, 3, qiézi!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802210698-ZFKPT515KQTQLV1KXE29/DSC_7208.jpg Linda Gallery - Grateful to have my aunt Ling Yi come from Hong Kong to attend my rooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802233936-GV061HUXI7K3B5WTCJ9U/DSC_7219.jpg Linda Gallery - Enjoying a lunch with local officials after rooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802227909-D05YQ4CJQVUWQ7PVT0DY/IMG_3936.JPG Linda Gallery - Here we go (cue tunnel song, "No Scrubs")! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802248725-MJ1KVSPHRS3VN54L5WVV/IMG_3940.JPG Linda Gallery - Outside are badminton courts and playground space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802248840-2VTYE7UKH7DEHDIOC6IG/IMG_3951.JPG Linda Gallery - Beautiful Lantana camara flowers around the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802266759-E70J5VB7BDYO4M6Y6YHJ/IMG_3958.JPG Linda Gallery - Rooting gave me a deeper sense of self and family. I am grateful to my #RootsOhana for laying that bridge to my materal relatives in China. It is a place I plan to revisit again and again. http://www.friendsofroots.org/michelle-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099074726-LI5PCIN4HOQNMNKKXP72/image-asset.png Michelle Gallery - Michelle inside her grandmother's ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099074726-LI5PCIN4HOQNMNKKXP72/image-asset.png Michelle Gallery - Michelle inside her grandmother's ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800894312-FW6ZL1TU8O2MXPOXFC7D/Michelle_landscape1.jpg Michelle Gallery - The watchtower of Michelle's maternal grandmother's village, Bok Saa, in Toisan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800908743-OUBZI4CQIY8L8QCTYFOA/Michelle_landscape2.jpg Michelle Gallery - A deserted alleyway in Bok Saa, Toisan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800916811-PGHCTT521UEZJTX48TCT/Michelle_landscape3.JPG Michelle Gallery - Rice paddies at the entrance of Michelle's maternal grandfather's village, Saam Baat, in Toisan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800924763-HJMS00J1K02CPA9A84LA/Michelle_officials1.JPG Michelle Gallery - The 2015 Roots cohort in front of Michelle's maternal grandmother's village, Bok Saa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800928237-Q8V6T70TMQHPB85M06Y6/Michelle_officials2.JPG Michelle Gallery - Michelle and Mr. Yang, a Toisan official https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800933465-NDRORKR5SF577XTLWXJE/Michelle_officials3.JPG Michelle Gallery - The front entrance of Michelle's grandfather's home in Saam Baat (with her mother's first cousin and her husband) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800937567-H6AN198T3FQE0QYAW4DF/Michelle_rooting1.JPG Michelle Gallery - Inside Michelle's grandmother's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800961428-PJQHO087SJ5IEAO6SJWW/Michelle_rooting2.JPG Michelle Gallery - Paying respect inside her grandmother's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800950207-Y0TSAY9BE39VD1UF4L2S/Michelle_rooting3.JPG Michelle Gallery - Thanking the village elder who recognized Michelle's great-great-grandfather's name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800968149-C9K57B8AZ171YWD8JU2V/Michelle_rooting4.JPG Michelle Gallery - Burning money as an offering with Al Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800978872-08PZTURH3P7NX9WCA07D/Michelle_rooting5.JPG Michelle Gallery - Beautiful watercolor paintings found in Michelle's grandmother's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800976218-LXN0U6EP0HZ8HJLT23KV/Michelle_rooting6.JPG Michelle Gallery - All smiles with the Bok Saa villagers who were instrumental in finding Michelle's ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800997889-0KVVNN1GE5XNJJJFQ9TK/Michelle_rooting8.jpg Michelle Gallery - Michelle and Steve Owyang in the rice paddies of her grandfather's village, Saam Baat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801016771-G7M927VNGV3I5FL90VAD/Michelle_rooting9.jpg Michelle Gallery - The incense left by Michelle on her grandmother's family alter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801015571-PBDY595LZW5HXT7LPGZD/Michelle_rooting10.jpg Michelle Gallery - Michelle's grandmother's home was boarded and locked up and the village head had to saw off the lock for the group to go inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801022961-9ZGU07YSPO0EXBU9NECD/Michelle_rooting11.JPG Michelle Gallery - Inside Michelle's grandmother's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801036646-DXGPLJYG8I1SK5GAG45I/Michelle_rooting12.JPG Michelle Gallery - The beautiful, intricate family alter inside of Michelle's grandfather's ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801039297-4LPSG2DWLPNG1VHCDFKV/Michelle_rooting13.jpg Michelle Gallery - Michelle and Al Cheng in front of her ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800870575-EV40XPCCKE16V3OB5624/Michelle_candid1.JPG Michelle Gallery - Crowning the princess of Bok Saa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800861322-7TOZB1ECTN6BGNGJIJHY/Michelle_candid2.jpg Michelle Gallery - Rice paddies - aka runways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800874679-2KAZYEGDBBP3Q53P9OHD/Michelle_candid3.JPG Michelle Gallery - The hardworking Popo in Noki's village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800883933-E1A4QY3JV2FJP2SLNT1Q/Michelle_candid4.JPG Michelle Gallery - Lily "Michellis" Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800879843-CB45YC3HROBXGNOZIN93/Michelle_candid5.JPG Michelle Gallery - Sifu, Golden State's number one fan! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801045771-9F5EGOHOV242L8Q6Z8DJ/Michelle_sightseeing1.JPG Michelle Gallery - Michelle and Ty jumping for joy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801045090-5Z04CAH82RN29SNI84T0/Michelle_sightseeing2.JPG Michelle Gallery - Sifu and Michelle http://www.friendsofroots.org/connie-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100818010-4KN3ZRZ3C8QIHQ1IX9MS/image-asset.jpeg Connie Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100818010-4KN3ZRZ3C8QIHQ1IX9MS/image-asset.jpeg Connie Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801412848-PI27UU5Y82463N0HNYT8/Connie_alter.jpg Connie Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090881239-0P2KHG1BNY9IMTMH34WV/Connie_alter.jpg Connie Gallery - my grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather's names on plaques in the altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090925126-6WMBVBAGPQWAHB10JG5U/Connie_alter2.jpg Connie Gallery - my aunt showing my my ancestors names on the altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090933532-8JUH2NAT003EYX04N5TE/Connie_entrance.jpg Connie Gallery - my tunnel walk out song--bubblebutt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090961366-MHCFMH4XOZ78VUPRK95G/Connie_firecrackers.jpg Connie Gallery - When we drove up to the village, we were welcomed with a huge line of firecrackers set off https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090991285-CFOXZY8OG9T0G0UU1TM5/Connie_hands.jpg Connie Gallery - I was so happy to meet my aunt in China for the first time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091015219-ZOMEMO29F9G6FJ27TQM4/Connie_kidsband.jpg Connie Gallery - The kids band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091036148-WGYR5C3K47BC3NJN0HAU/Connie_kidsband2.JPG Connie Gallery - I was greeted with a live children's band playing as I walked through the entrance to the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091075626-LLY8FX6TOUW5NHLYEN12/Connie_lock.jpg Connie Gallery - The door of my ancestral home where my grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather lived https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091076621-I40WVZMJJX9IT3FI5XZX/Connie_people.jpg Connie Gallery - Listening to village elder's story about growing up with my great grandfather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091122794-O63970JYD62G668FM4FU/Connie_relative.jpg Connie Gallery - This village elder grew up with my great grandfather. What a surprise to be able to meet him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091122214-GEBRGB1L5CKB3C5FGGOT/Connie_rooting.jpg Connie Gallery - The door of my ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091177735-ZVPII7P0FBS9HJPNAS8L/Connie_rooting2.jpg Connie Gallery - I had a red carpet welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091182211-V0X7H764V633S9C7FFSG/Connie-alandty.jpg Connie Gallery - Al and Ty translating between Teochew and Mandarin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091244099-WTRV3FTD5H24OPHQFVGY/Connie-art.jpg Connie Gallery - Teochew ceramic art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091236331-H94ZET5U1T8VKR0HI844/Connie-auntandphoto.jpg Connie Gallery - My aunt gave me this photo of my grandfather. Everyone says I have his nose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091284789-68E086PCV71RHTSQRVLL/Connie-clapping.jpg Connie Gallery - Listening to a very hearty welcome speech https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091285630-S1ADQXT4QWUBUR46CNWZ/Connie-crowd.JPG Connie Gallery - My cohort and village gathered in the ancestral temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091325539-BM85L199KTGQKVVS6CAD/Connie-fruit.JPG Connie Gallery - A local fruit stand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091330136-MUQCLA0D66QYS4MB77YE/Connie-group.jpg Connie Gallery - Photo in the Trang Temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091370446-UAZOMXGV8BO1G9OA8B7M/Connie-group2.jpg Connie Gallery - Standing with the men of my grandfather's village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091381118-FCJ55EJS3XFVR7NHWX56/Connie-officials.jpg Connie Gallery - proud to have strong female officials in my region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091371872-FOKZ2IVKNLSLTQJLJFN6/Connie-prayingupclose.jpg Connie Gallery - paying respects to my ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091403458-TKN4CCT6HMJORW8KLXUU/Connie-redenvelop.jpg Connie Gallery - A red envelope for the ancestral temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091421964-WXE20S3OIUIEAHB57L2L/Connie-ty.jpg Connie Gallery - Ty and I, during a funny moment of Ellis' translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091446635-HK89GNUC06KAL4D197FV/Connie-upcloseingroup.jpg Connie Gallery - Group photo inside the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091449658-WJ2HLPWN0DPS8RMX3JIX/DSC_0753.jpg Connie Gallery - My grandfather's name is written on the wall http://www.friendsofroots.org/ty-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100239551-FOWDRWH4AEHCKP70NHTH/image-asset.png Ty Gallery - looking for confirmation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100239551-FOWDRWH4AEHCKP70NHTH/image-asset.png Ty Gallery - looking for confirmation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801767676-Z1MP9KTZFLVEABIM76LR/Ty_landscape1.JPG Ty Gallery - maternal grandfather's home in Chaozhou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801773677-940XEJJQVUBJ8PPTBMSN/Ty_landscape2.JPG Ty Gallery - alley of village in Chaozhou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801775752-0N91GWK1Q2VRSHHU0FF3/Ty_landscape3.JPG Ty Gallery - village pig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801836550-BX5EFSG93OKAWUD8CMBZ/Ty_rooting1.JPG Ty Gallery - it's tunnel time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801948661-1F8Q5T3FZUHA85URTL79/Ty_rooting11.JPG Ty Gallery - raw rooting on the spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801935191-6RVC8QKKP0LM4EXJT9U8/Ty_rooting10.JPG Ty Gallery - the village elder who helped me find my ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801878066-9LH71BKCUTHEQ6PVHN0S/Ty_rooting4.JPG Ty Gallery - listening to my cousin explain the family relationship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460175591170-YE0C3SY0G8JQVJMNUID6/Ty_rooting3.JPG Ty Gallery - looking for confirmation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801849069-12QF2POX47QTKPVA59DU/Ty_rooting2.JPG Ty Gallery - Al and I embrace after this rollercoaster rooting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801965355-OC4PFQXRMFO2UQIWV53A/Ty_rooting12.JPG Ty Gallery - filling in the gaps of our family tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801922354-76NDP05KLGT35L9KHG5D/Ty_rooting9.JPG Ty Gallery - figuring out the family tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801892118-6K1OBF7HO4KEGRC6DEV2/Ty_rooting5.JPG Ty Gallery - lighting incense to pay respects to my ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801908679-ASQMVGUX6EWWV7H4R6QP/Ty_rooting6.JPG Ty Gallery - paying my respects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801933608-K6710TO0IYUSQU859Q32/Ty_rooting8.JPG Ty Gallery - giving a lycee to my newly discovered cousin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801981916-63NALVX0NM62CP546ZN5/Ty_rooting14.JPG Ty Gallery - my grand cousin and his wife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801904577-ZWHQV1B24FX52NZ5HDS8/Ty_rooting7.JPG Ty Gallery - reunited and it feels so good! (my grandfather on the right and his cousin on the left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801967066-VRIUGOUH91EZH2CKP4RX/Ty_rooting13.JPG Ty Gallery - family reunited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801809507-IIEH3LTK396D43MFRX7X/Ty_officials1.JPG Ty Gallery - the Roots leaders and my newly found family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801825901-BK3R80KFG3QFYB0V2LX5/Ty_officials2.JPG Ty Gallery - officials refusing my lycee for helping me find my family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801760446-X768KW8O7OOIVNDBJH12/Ty_food1.JPG Ty Gallery - cockles in garlic sauce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801759383-M9RBMT1RWL9FEFA4UXK3/Ty_food2.JPG Ty Gallery - fried sugar pastry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801787958-DAZ6SQOEEFVI8HFWKYI7/Ty_misc2.JPG Ty Gallery - wong pei from Cheryl's village and Seward, Ellis, and Connie doing the YMCA dance in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801786879-3D5NX3KYHZAJM4Y8WHRO/Ty_misc3.JPG Ty Gallery - Al and I braving the flood in Cheryl's village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801817379-8BTA72G6RZ004ITFK7HP/Ty_misc4.JPG Ty Gallery - happy rooters! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801766622-DGED4K83TZ85OFYY7NMP/Ty_food3.JPG Ty Gallery - the family that eats together, stays together! http://www.friendsofroots.org/gino-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099398486-Q2OJ4KHGSK75DI5ZIAHV/image-asset.png Gino Gallery - Feeling at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099398486-Q2OJ4KHGSK75DI5ZIAHV/image-asset.png Gino Gallery - Feeling at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801063970-V3HXPGG0NU04LUXZWLI0/Gino_landscape1.jpg Gino Gallery - None shall pass - the most prominent resident of my ancestral home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801065982-JXOTM1E4PV8X9H7F9T90/Gino_landscape2.JPG Gino Gallery - Al wanders through the soil around the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801073637-P9DQFNURLG505IVO7MA2/Gino_landscape3.JPG Gino Gallery - Life reclaims space in my ancestral home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801075183-VA8LGVV1ESQ7SUWHGV8F/Gino_Misc1.jpg Gino Gallery - A welcome fit for a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801102696-PEA81HQQD54AFI0KXS90/Gino_Misc2.jpg Gino Gallery - Son in law of my grandpa's cousin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801101239-CM2YUTWE1PZCSZCWP4IR/Gino_Misc3.JPG Gino Gallery - Dance battle with youngest member of the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801110472-GGLBQU8WCT43005HZZKG/Gino_Misc4.jpg Gino Gallery - Looking out of the front door of my ancestral home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801112483-KZ0GNBYE5X6BU1FQ5AGM/Gino_Misc5.JPG Gino Gallery - Natural carpet in the living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801146603-KNY0S0BGZFHJODP74C5T/Gino_official1.jpg Gino Gallery - Meeting the village officials for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801154637-KI3EIVM5T7D5ULXWJS9H/Gino_official2.jpg Gino Gallery - Celebrating a successful rooting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801155972-UJ760ZZ9WB9Z13RP2YJO/Gino_rooting1.jpg Gino Gallery - Sharing photos of my grandparents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801168087-M6M8ODNYT6L8XGY2MNDL/Gino_rooting2.jpg Gino Gallery - Dramatic delivery to the village gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801173126-UQK9JDGABDLRYZELDZWH/Gino_rooting4.jpg Gino Gallery - Pondering the stories contained in these walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801180929-VL0YX379L213MJUUTJHO/Gino_rooting5.jpg Gino Gallery - Exploring the darkness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801185244-QH1WFK97GYJ9DL8NCDHF/Gino_rooting6.jpg Gino Gallery - Paying respects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801191802-JU6ZSU6LJ0B848AQ7N6R/Gino_rooting7.jpg Gino Gallery - Admiring the resilient plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801202417-3YGJWRQ6PZN7SNDOIOAQ/Gino_rooting8.jpg Gino Gallery - The well where my grandfather was supposedly left overnight as a baby to see if he was strong enough to survive childhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801200902-E079AY96B8CX3Y21OKLZ/Gino_rooting9.JPG Gino Gallery - Al breaks down the significance of the high quality building materials used to create the home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801210557-9RKVDI92CQWMDIP4I4O4/Gino_rooting10.JPG Gino Gallery - Honoring the ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801214658-WJYCGGMJ3SOZDP547AET/Gino_sightseeing1.jpg Gino Gallery - Abundant life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801224505-57IMQGM2OS26QZM01Y0M/Gino_sightseeing2.JPG Gino Gallery - Giving thanks to my grandfather for surviving his epic journey. http://www.friendsofroots.org/noki-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100382717-ZMPX63M4AYLRJUC4L6P4/image-asset.jpeg Noki Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100382717-ZMPX63M4AYLRJUC4L6P4/image-asset.jpeg Noki Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801711969-I4CRDK3XV2L63KI46ECS/Noki-landscape1.JPG Noki Gallery - traditional domestic houses in Chaozhou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801714845-UKC6MMH960WJAN83PIMN/Noki-landscape2.JPG Noki Gallery - giant incenses being made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801717046-3XB6OOVQFRQV44H097TD/Noki-landscape3.JPG Noki Gallery - beautiful village altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801722199-VO4ZEBIDWNJLI588CLMM/NOKI-officials1.JPG Noki Gallery - the village's name means stone bird, can you see it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801723895-FTG6U21KV6FDETXZBOO7/NOKI-officials2.JPG Noki Gallery - group picture of the village officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801723347-DLGI9XTVB1Z1FA6KVRSP/Noki-personal1.jpg Noki Gallery - me and my beautiful wife, Shannon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801724118-EB4PZQSIV9PXBL4G8XHL/Noki-personal2.JPG Noki Gallery - family selfie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801725202-B7BV7C6QBGS6P5GASU3V/Noki-personal3.JPG Noki Gallery - it's because of Elsie and Al, this became a reality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801731401-K5A14AKX5NMAJ9UREHPU/Noki-root1.JPG Noki Gallery - my cousins and Ty deep in conversation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801731263-LMMT946BZ61BASCFHPEM/Noki-root2.JPG Noki Gallery - walking to visit my family's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801735030-19RRVD1O5P55PPLTHRSQ/Noki-root3.JPG Noki Gallery - meeting Bo Kim, my aunt for the first time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801746745-MPV1WYU4G7A59BY263CR/Noki-root4.JPG Noki Gallery - eating a special dessert for prosperity, no matter how much I eat, she refills it with more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801739864-QIPPABOXNSYB14VZGQ66/Noki-root5.JPG Noki Gallery - sharing a moment while taking a family photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801740643-1IBMXTEGUNZ3C93FG6VY/Noki-root6.JPG Noki Gallery - finding my uncle's abacus inside my grandfather's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801741483-36RKA1X5XMR4EFJ1T15B/Noki-root7.JPG Noki Gallery - taking a family group selfie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801746427-MVSA3QFSJQIT0A8D08ZD/Noki-root8.JPG Noki Gallery - praying together as a family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801748904-O5BTDKPZZHN1JPZDVTNK/Noki-root9.JPG Noki Gallery - family photo outside the village temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801752656-R3CRIOXD0TNP769GKAHB/Noki-root10.JPG Noki Gallery - posing in front of the village altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801754637-JGQ7R1H7E31PMSYRXNP7/Noki-sightseeing1.JPG Noki Gallery - village chief sharing a private jam session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801758939-VMHQ4VXH6Q4WYLXMYIX5/Noki-sightseeing2.JPG Noki Gallery - a great picture of Frank stomping through china https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801699719-QZE0N26BADCMVQN0ME1Q/Noki-candid1.JPG Noki Gallery - our reaction after spending hours at the bank to exchange currency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801699691-ZM823XBTAFN3JEK2TMO3/Noki-candid2.JPG Noki Gallery - ice cream was essential to surviving the heat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801701993-2DJ531R9ZHQN25B9W5N1/Noki-candid3.JPG Noki Gallery - Celi and I's reaction to a typhoon that flooded a village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801702115-43XOSZIJXSHDFISDOUZV/Noki-candid4.JPG Noki Gallery - a serious mentor-mentee photo happily disrupted by mentor's wife...Rosa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801703741-IMZ22APIMTXDUZ0IL2CY/Noki-candid5.JPG Noki Gallery - harnessing our inner kung fu as if we're on the set of "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801703017-IBXZSAL1M700FNR8D5CO/Noki-candid6.JPG Noki Gallery - showering Steve because he looked to dry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801706791-F75AQXJ12W5VMMU12LQ3/Noki-food1.JPG Noki Gallery - sugary dessert with pigeon eggs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801706835-03XSRFL5VC62C2JJPPZQ/Noki-food2.JPG Noki Gallery - food offerings for our ancestors http://www.friendsofroots.org/ellis-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100660730-L2VQUKNU5TSFESX5TQAL/image-asset.jpeg Ellis Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100660730-L2VQUKNU5TSFESX5TQAL/image-asset.jpeg Ellis Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801538894-973BSCJBKXX4JK8S27WT/Ellis_Rooting9.JPG Ellis Gallery - A flat tire on our way to my village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801556630-024BFV21BMZ5BEVTAKH2/Ellis_Rooting12.JPG Ellis Gallery - Tunneling into my rooting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801558600-7N6E3P7IP1F4LRMK2T3X/Ellis_Rooting13.JPG Ellis Gallery - (Left to right) My great grandaunt, great-great grandparents, great grandparents (my maternal grandfather's parents) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801526895-09YNA9K2SQQZY5O2FLR8/Ellis_Rooting6.JPG Ellis Gallery - My three granduncles live next door to each other. They paved their pathway/alley with marble stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801518791-SBWZ04QNVHSTUMKHWVDJ/Ellis_Rooting5.JPG Ellis Gallery - Fragrant home-grown jasmine flowers and kung fu cha tea ceremony by third granduncle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801511375-MP7LYEOGO4XMUTGD7FKG/Ellis_Rooting3.JPG Ellis Gallery - Family group photo with leaders inside third granduncle's home after some kung fu cha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801518379-IUYMKW6OHE5QBO900CRZ/Ellis_Rooting4.JPG Ellis Gallery - Family group photo inside third granduncle's home after some kung fu cha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801533179-TDQW7DOVFXOFP6M64IU2/Ellis_Rooting7.JPG Ellis Gallery - Gino demonstrates his strength on the roof of my third granduncle's home with Steve looking on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460169566563-OPZMKHAO3KVB8V53957A/IMG_0589.JPG Ellis Gallery - A higher view of the marble pathway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801575046-LFIDZXZ68U6IRMYA2EOT/Ellis_Rooting14.JPG Ellis Gallery - Sharing a moment with Ty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801536090-QE2H60P153Q626I7RMMZ/Ellis_Rooting8.JPG Ellis Gallery - The river area that flowed through the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801577871-IPS06YXE2YPGTHS3UJQZ/Ellis_Rooting15.JPG Ellis Gallery - Holding hands with my youngest granduncle as we walk throughout the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460169580127-YOSE4FHCDNVE6C1MLOWY/IMG_1451.JPG Ellis Gallery - My moment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801542257-XWNLIU4CVK5EDKTLSKVH/Ellis_Rooting10.JPG Ellis Gallery - The dilapidated front entrance to my maternal grandfather's childhood home in the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801545257-WKP8GH6WAMRU6QZYV5UR/Ellis_Rooting11.JPG Ellis Gallery - Peering inside his childhood home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801511219-BVHD5CR4M3LG54JPIAP3/Ellis_Rooting2.JPG Ellis Gallery - Presentation of my family's genealogy book and the Lam Clan origins book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801591248-CX80B1DQMXVXX3L3ZZBK/Ellis_Rooting16.JPG Ellis Gallery - Finding my family's line in the genealogy book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801590709-Z722TWEXT1N3JEHTIGZB/Ellis_Rooting17.JPG Ellis Gallery - A wider view of what goes on during your rooting that you don't even register https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801610647-BV5INZ4E1OM4V4L2I92E/Ellis_Rooting18.JPG Ellis Gallery - Getting ready for a family group photo in front of ancestral hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801610179-NR465D5Q3J5F96YOYA69/Ellis_Rooting19.JPG Ellis Gallery - Every rooting is a big team effort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801503742-3CCDHBFP1XJ7Y3DQXV6G/Ellis_Rooting1.JPG Ellis Gallery - Family photo after we finally got to properly say our goodbyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801449857-46JYUG5SFECC1UZDNKOP/Ellis_candid1.JPG Ellis Gallery - Jumping for joy in Chao Shan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801450083-L2CCSSCYT98CGOG7M4SP/Ellis_candid2.JPG Ellis Gallery - Getting ready to leave on a jet plane to begin our Roots Journey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801457479-YG5KEZY7SR79842618SC/Ellis_candid3.JPG Ellis Gallery - Our first big roundtable lunch at Mao's restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801457476-6C5GK2T49D1CLM8PIWAS/Ellis_candid4.JPG Ellis Gallery - Doing the Jeff pose at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in front of the Sun Yat Sen's old home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801459077-R7KMSK3QR0BGXW2Y1TAL/Ellis_candid5.JPG Ellis Gallery - A taste of home: Nutter Butters! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801464452-B4AGXMLKUQD3G251LYIY/Ellis_food1.JPG Ellis Gallery - A taste of Chao Shan: durian cream mochi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801465435-HYKF0FRVAUYYE84X20LV/Ellis_food2.JPG Ellis Gallery - A taste of Chao Shan: sweet taro paste dessert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801472167-KWY3XCQW2Q1T5OUQHI3E/Ellis_Landscape1.JPG Ellis Gallery - A peek inside my maternal grandparents' village ancestral hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801472633-J32I4DIZWBC52Y6CSLDR/Ellis_Landscape2.JPG Ellis Gallery - The outside wall of the home where my maternal grandfather grew up in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801480477-81EHE7D8N58QA0EKKHBD/Ellis_Landscape3.JPG Ellis Gallery - The basketball court at my maternal grandparents' village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801488749-71485ZSLVR3VJ9YQXNBR/Ellis_Officials1.JPG Ellis Gallery - Thanking a local official, who assisted with finding the village, with a gift of American ginseng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801495803-AO1SPUTGR9B0IVAZS2NW/Ellis_Officials2.JPG Ellis Gallery - Thanking a local official, who assisted with finding the village, with a gift of American ginseng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801496413-25XCFTN2TDCTO0JVSTYI/Ellis_officials3.JPG Ellis Gallery - All the Chau Shan region rooters with the region head officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801503710-J2TSQAZRFUHK9KIU00CR/Ellis_officials4.JPG Ellis Gallery - Group photo with all the Rooters and Chau Shan officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460169135858-BPTM04JQ15DQ6JZIOBJC/Ellis_sightseeing1.JPG Ellis Gallery - Crossing the plum pass like our ancestors did before us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460169119936-R0GRQEDK7IOGD4PQQ5EK/Ellis_sightseeing2.JPG Ellis Gallery - Reenacting "Movie City's" movie poster http://www.friendsofroots.org/cheryl-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100079934-SUQ5NWCMH2XCURJ0AXHK/image-asset.png Cheryl Gallery - Paying my respects in my grandfather’s childhood home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100079934-SUQ5NWCMH2XCURJ0AXHK/image-asset.png Cheryl Gallery - Paying my respects in my grandfather’s childhood home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802139973-WR038UJ49JU9YMZQ7UCQ/Cheryl-motorcycle.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Gino & Linda braving the flood to record my maternal village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801900721-QFFZ899VYHN926K5CIW0/Cheryl_landscape2.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Paternal village alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801881730-BFZ7ZBW4JZPSYUFS8D4Q/Cheryl_landscape.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Paternal Village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801903089-NY0UHO8MIWLXTAQKPWMM/Cheryl_laughing.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Tea with maternal family relatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801910275-PQBEOW8OCZ15QKRANOPI/Cheryl_lily.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Hanging out with honorary Rooter, Lily on her last day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801918738-9M0HGIR40DOA4Y71FFMQ/Cheryl_maternallandscape.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Villagers in Shantou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801946360-LPYU8BTMLRZDDM0B3XWO/Cheryl_misc.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Ellis and Jeffery on a rooftop in my paternal village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801929265-TNQN8MX2Y6EU6DPDAY4X/Cheryl_photos.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Maternal ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801968604-VX0JJ5HM3A4P756PQVSA/Cheryl_rooting2.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Maternal relatives, village leaders, and Al in front of ancestral alter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801952804-51A2Z8D7ZOU7I9NFMRQY/Cheryl_rooting_1.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Me on the rooftop of my great-uncle’s old house in the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801954182-YNEMJ2F2CQXDKIQ0G1FH/Cheryl_rooting.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Rooters, leaders, and villagers braving flooded parts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802003023-X22CR46BF30VP9P6MKN3/Cheryl_rootingalandsteve.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Me with Al and Steve in the home my grandfather lived in as a child https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802015213-XLKT42U5CPU9SY2XZ7EX/Cheryl_rootingbike.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Bicycle in my paternal village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802052571-N9R3EWM3TSTO0N5M2LFZ/Cheryl_rootingdad.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Found a picture of my dad in my great-grandfather’s home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802081932-ULI3UUR84J63TPYOFXU9/Cheryl_rootingfamily.jpg Cheryl Gallery - With my paternal great-uncle and villages in front of the community hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802089106-BO3FYSF3E6A0A37EI2X7/Cheryl_rootinggreatuncle.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Laughing with Steve and my great-uncle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802099212-HNQK55O9SR2UFO429X68/Cheryl_rootinghands.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Holding hands with my great-uncle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802110581-57BYTBNCXJBR6BRQPM3Y/Cheryl_rootingincense.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Lighting incense in my paternal village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802125547-OG3EZBEQ2X1BSNYGDXNZ/Cheryl_rootingphotos.jpg Cheryl Gallery - An old photo album found in the home where my grandfather was born https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802112516-QQ2PLRUCY0Q9NZH3781W/Cheryl_selfie.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Group selfie in front of my ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802125428-1W64G51O1EMOSNPXS9ZM/Cheryl_tea.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Drinking tea with my maternal relatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099966999-6TKTKHL90CRHMG9DP1RZ/image-asset.jpeg Cheryl Gallery - Cheryl Tien - Maternal Village Maternal Village: 中國廣東省潮陽和平鎮塘圍鄉 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801805844-A5SZILSNPYGRGKYVDQD2/Cheryl_chiulandscape.JPG Cheryl Gallery - Flooded home in Shantou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801823324-MVVE81EQ63Q4TWEF3V4S/Cheryl_dad.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Pictures of my relatives living in the US in my great-grandfather’s old home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801824319-XBYM82OP102OJMBKGMTP/Cheryl_greatuncle.jpg Cheryl Gallery - My great-uncle about to light firecrackers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801849607-I5S081TDVGYENILEGZCA/Cheryl_group.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Group photo in front of my grandfather’s former home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801878041-XY9QYY36SELPMQYVXV0H/Cheryl_hug.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Saying goodbye to my great-uncle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801857527-URL9XEQR81WV94CL8GC1/Cheryl_hangingout.jpg Cheryl Gallery - Trying to cool off in my great-uncle’s old home http://www.friendsofroots.org/celi-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099543907-4WGPRQCDKZYZUHJ3SVG6/image-asset.png Celi Gallery - A hole in the roof. Thinking of descendance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099543907-4WGPRQCDKZYZUHJ3SVG6/image-asset.png Celi Gallery - A hole in the roof. Thinking of descendance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802154410-7K9MG2BRUHMAITGS6R8T/01_banyantree.JPG Celi Gallery - The hundred year old banyan tree at the entrance of the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802152542-XLG5WTA6SNB8540Z53R2/02_chairs.JPG Celi Gallery - Inside the room where my great-grandfather and great-grandmother lived; the home of my great-great-grandfather and his family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802176408-IHXJK4ASJDB39L31BHJI/04_steve.jpg Celi Gallery - Me and Uncle Steve! Steve and my dad are old friends; I have known him my whole life. It was truly special to have him lead my rooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802194900-CLTEXPU8FZETJG204X9D/06_hornest.jpg Celi Gallery - A hornets nest being built in the middle of the path that led to where my grandfather and great-grandfather used to be buried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460170815385-0HLCCSZLTT8K9LRC9PW6/05_incense.jpg Celi Gallery - Speaking to my grandmother, thanking her and all that came before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802200977-185DU1W6WF9HYAIWDXFG/07_oldman.jpg Celi Gallery - This elder knew exactly where my relatives graves used to be and led us there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802208127-ABH6XCCA441GCQ7USK24/08_playmusic.JPG Celi Gallery - The village chief was also the leader of a Chinese opera band that played for the village every single night. He patiently taught me some rhythms! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802221411-HM803QRB9LCGQ1J1E8ZM/09_dressup.jpg Celi Gallery - Professor Yani dressed me up in one of the opera costumes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802221279-WSQTTG1MMN1MZ51144RJ/10_ginopera.JPG Celi Gallery - And Gino was chosen to dress up, too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802248141-OZ7LWK2Q1Y9IZSZYDNEX/11_villagechief.jpg Celi Gallery - He wasn't expecting a hug... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802250205-12RB2RO3NVUCDODHN558/12_squad.jpg Celi Gallery - The Roots and village leaders and me! http://www.friendsofroots.org/jeffrey-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099882944-JYN8OZ9LAPRWD42TPVDI/image-asset.png Jeffrey Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099882944-JYN8OZ9LAPRWD42TPVDI/image-asset.png Jeffrey Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801910755-00BIEHOD6Z5VM962RJUV/Jeffrey_landscape1.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - The entrance to the ancestral temple with 30-day incense burners hanging overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801923940-9JCEVRD5MH5GT3TK1T4D/Jeffrey_landscape2.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - The lotus pad field at the entrance of the ancestral village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801921610-2SSHAYFFONHWRNR4MHLX/Jeffrey_landscape3.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Showcasing the elaborate architecture of the roof, signifying a scholar’s house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801938443-GS6W51TA05XRY7DS877I/Jeffrey_officials1.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - A quick stop at the county headquarters before going to the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801945177-ZNDV7EDFY4A48XI083H9/Jeffrey_rooting1.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Hanging up a 30-day incense burner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801956119-VB0Z9O3OHEIORMB2H6VZ/Jeffrey_rooting2.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Burning paper money to give fortune to my ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801963521-WXPB6TW7ZDHP0SQMBFQV/Jeffrey_rooting3.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Lighting incense within the ancestral temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801983656-NJQJ2MEIH8RNARW45I3T/Jeffrey_rooting4.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Kneeling and praying for my ancestors at the temple altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801985050-PFTIFG8YV32AAF32G5RG/Jeffrey_rooting5.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Showing my name so the temple caretaker can write a blessing for my ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802002836-EJ45P5RF3R2EH03K4PQK/Jeffrey_rooting6.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Admiring the majesty and beauty of the temple’s interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802016905-PQP8CWRQNIH2XK3479H4/Jeffrey_rooting7.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Lighting incense amongst my peers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802020325-JHR4NA3F7POSYDUV6KOD/Jeffrey_rooting8.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Taking a quick break to take in the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802039962-C0OZF3B9WOCL8QL6PN4W/Jeffrey_rooting9.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Placing incense outside the ancestral temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802047973-72CRQ3ZT38RZ5XQGQJY8/Jeffrey_rooting10.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Placing an offering into the temple box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802066308-Q05VQZFMMM45I9S3W899/Jeffrey_sightseeing1.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - A statue of a lion in the ancestral museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802082399-MXYB5NQ5XMOONM74W13I/Jeffrey_sightseeing2.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - A statue of an ox in the gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801863103-FKIUGXOZQQBSGK4GHJAC/Jeffrey_candid1.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Having some fun in the ancestral museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801866808-CE1X3SCAEGR8LLM2YYHU/Jeffrey_candid2.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Ellis, a fellow rooter, taking over as tour guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801893362-08JRVPHPIL0OR45NQSKI/Jeffrey_candid3.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Fellow leaders Steve and John striking a pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801885981-DVW151NURE07682XAFI9/Jeffrey_candid4.JPG Jeffrey Gallery - Ellis translating for the tour guide. http://www.friendsofroots.org/seward-gallery daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460096649230-CQ4E467384PAQHKE4FV7/image-asset.png Seward Gallery - paying respects to my ancestors (mother's paternal grandparents on wall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460096649230-CQ4E467384PAQHKE4FV7/image-asset.png Seward Gallery - paying respects to my ancestors (mother's paternal grandparents on wall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800026215-CNLEJOX6ICRCCMTD6CUL/seward_landscape1.JPG Seward Gallery - Pond near the entrance of the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800041541-PEOCNSVEC7DPX5IZCIYK/seward_landscape2.JPG Seward Gallery - view from the entrance of the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800048529-I2QX6CJPZ0OECB55P2M9/seward_landscape3.JPG Seward Gallery - road leading to the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800086409-CLUVRIVKP69FIIFK4GDL/seward_rooting4.JPG Seward Gallery - entrance of my maternal village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800059978-NN24MYL6DWUM7MWRKWW6/seward_officials2.JPG Seward Gallery - government officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800108098-EORA7QPYVQQXNMKG78CM/seward_rooting6.JPG Seward Gallery - meeting relatives who I did not know existed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800070923-PK812IGCTOAL2UN6206J/seward_rooting1.JPG Seward Gallery - preparing offerings of food and incense to pay respects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800076355-9X2NWP9NAY2QQHVY8E6O/seward_rooting2.JPG Seward Gallery - in deep thoughts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800123457-ECWD1EOKJUYMLUU38KTV/seward_rooting7.JPG Seward Gallery - offering incense to the ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800123311-86GCYXLZ8G51YA6M8HAX/seward_rooting8.JPG Seward Gallery - burning paper money in front of a table of food offerings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800141290-9QTF18KC2XHLEUVUXCVA/seward_rooting9.JPG Seward Gallery - preparing to light firecrackers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800054134-FUSM91IQ2BW81D8E9TYU/seward_officials1.jpg Seward Gallery - 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801102696-PEA81HQQD54AFI0KXS90/Gino_Misc2.jpg Gino - Son in law of my grandpa's cousin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801101239-CM2YUTWE1PZCSZCWP4IR/Gino_Misc3.JPG Gino - Dance battle with youngest member of the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801110472-GGLBQU8WCT43005HZZKG/Gino_Misc4.jpg Gino - Looking out of the front door of my ancestral home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801112483-KZ0GNBYE5X6BU1FQ5AGM/Gino_Misc5.JPG Gino - Natural carpet in the living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801146603-KNY0S0BGZFHJODP74C5T/Gino_official1.jpg Gino - Meeting the village officials for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801154637-KI3EIVM5T7D5ULXWJS9H/Gino_official2.jpg Gino - Celebrating a successful rooting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801155972-UJ760ZZ9WB9Z13RP2YJO/Gino_rooting1.jpg Gino - Sharing photos of my grandparents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801168087-M6M8ODNYT6L8XGY2MNDL/Gino_rooting2.jpg Gino - Dramatic delivery to the village gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801173126-UQK9JDGABDLRYZELDZWH/Gino_rooting4.jpg Gino - Pondering the stories contained in these walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801180929-VL0YX379L213MJUUTJHO/Gino_rooting5.jpg Gino - Exploring the darkness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801185244-QH1WFK97GYJ9DL8NCDHF/Gino_rooting6.jpg Gino - Paying respects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801191802-JU6ZSU6LJ0B848AQ7N6R/Gino_rooting7.jpg Gino - Admiring the resilient plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801202417-3YGJWRQ6PZN7SNDOIOAQ/Gino_rooting8.jpg Gino - The well where my grandfather was supposedly left overnight as a baby to see if he was strong enough to survive childhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801200902-E079AY96B8CX3Y21OKLZ/Gino_rooting9.JPG Gino - Al breaks down the significance of the high quality building materials used to create the home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801210557-9RKVDI92CQWMDIP4I4O4/Gino_rooting10.JPG Gino - Honoring the ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801214658-WJYCGGMJ3SOZDP547AET/Gino_sightseeing1.jpg Gino - Abundant life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801224505-57IMQGM2OS26QZM01Y0M/Gino_sightseeing2.JPG Gino - Giving thanks to my grandfather for surviving his epic journey. http://www.friendsofroots.org/read-me daily 0.75 2014-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377097104716-HDI53XJVV0DKZ24A3T68/51e453dee4b06abd3403c22e.png Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377096775448-0L7B4Q54H1VLOGFF1DPR/synthetica+%2820130821%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377096507573-1MU42OOOOGIM9URAJ9D9/515c4225e4b0afec1218b21e.png Read Me http://www.friendsofroots.org/celi daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099543907-4WGPRQCDKZYZUHJ3SVG6/image-asset.png Celi - A hole in the roof. Thinking of descendance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802154410-7K9MG2BRUHMAITGS6R8T/01_banyantree.JPG Celi - The hundred year old banyan tree at the entrance of the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802152542-XLG5WTA6SNB8540Z53R2/02_chairs.JPG Celi - Inside the room where my great-grandfather and great-grandmother lived; the home of my great-great-grandfather and his family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802176408-IHXJK4ASJDB39L31BHJI/04_steve.jpg Celi - Me and Uncle Steve! Steve and my dad are old friends; I have known him my whole life. It was truly special to have him lead my rooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802194900-CLTEXPU8FZETJG204X9D/06_hornest.jpg Celi - A hornets nest being built in the middle of the path that led to where my grandfather and great-grandfather used to be buried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460170815385-0HLCCSZLTT8K9LRC9PW6/05_incense.jpg Celi - Speaking to my grandmother, thanking her and all that came before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802200977-185DU1W6WF9HYAIWDXFG/07_oldman.jpg Celi - This elder knew exactly where my relatives graves used to be and led us there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802208127-ABH6XCCA441GCQ7USK24/08_playmusic.JPG Celi - The village chief was also the leader of a Chinese opera band that played for the village every single night. He patiently taught me some rhythms! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802221411-HM803QRB9LCGQ1J1E8ZM/09_dressup.jpg Celi - Professor Yani dressed me up in one of the opera costumes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802221279-WSQTTG1MMN1MZ51144RJ/10_ginopera.JPG Celi - And Gino was chosen to dress up, too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802248141-OZ7LWK2Q1Y9IZSZYDNEX/11_villagechief.jpg Celi - He wasn't expecting a hug... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802250205-12RB2RO3NVUCDODHN558/12_squad.jpg Celi - The Roots and village leaders and me! http://www.friendsofroots.org/seward daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460096649230-CQ4E467384PAQHKE4FV7/image-asset.png Seward - paying respects to my ancestors (mother's paternal grandparents on wall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800026215-CNLEJOX6ICRCCMTD6CUL/seward_landscape1.JPG Seward - Pond near the entrance of the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800041541-PEOCNSVEC7DPX5IZCIYK/seward_landscape2.JPG Seward - view from the entrance of the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800048529-I2QX6CJPZ0OECB55P2M9/seward_landscape3.JPG Seward - road leading to the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800086409-CLUVRIVKP69FIIFK4GDL/seward_rooting4.JPG Seward - entrance of my maternal village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800059978-NN24MYL6DWUM7MWRKWW6/seward_officials2.JPG Seward - government officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800108098-EORA7QPYVQQXNMKG78CM/seward_rooting6.JPG Seward - meeting relatives who I did not know existed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800070923-PK812IGCTOAL2UN6206J/seward_rooting1.JPG Seward - preparing offerings of food and incense to pay respects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800076355-9X2NWP9NAY2QQHVY8E6O/seward_rooting2.JPG Seward - in deep thoughts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800123457-ECWD1EOKJUYMLUU38KTV/seward_rooting7.JPG Seward - offering incense to the ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800123311-86GCYXLZ8G51YA6M8HAX/seward_rooting8.JPG Seward - burning paper money in front of a table of food offerings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800141290-9QTF18KC2XHLEUVUXCVA/seward_rooting9.JPG Seward - preparing to light firecrackers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800054134-FUSM91IQ2BW81D8E9TYU/seward_officials1.jpg Seward - group picture in front of the village watchtower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800138882-JGRBZX9MH58GAIL2RPYN/seward_rooting10.JPG Seward - friends and family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800091634-LKZ6MASSC9XGG5QIY63W/seward_rooting3.JPG Seward - giving the villagers a hand! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458799970382-RGTYKZO9XMDNZXF5RTIY/seward_candid1.jpg Seward - handful of peanuts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458799967934-RWKVZ6DTPQBFQIDY03QN/seward_candid2.JPG Seward - group action photo in front of Movie Town in Chikan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458799987073-X7U23QTF95YXOW8D2HQJ/seward_candid3.JPG Seward - animal from nearby seafood market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458799987352-D485AN4BG2XWZ6J0AJK9/seward_candid4.JPG Seward - Happy birthday, Celi! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800002350-CABU87MHY9L7VVSIMPR0/seward_candid5.JPG Seward - a very big horseshoe crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800009225-AJ57TAGKW2S4XHH34MWL/seward_food1.JPG Seward - eel claypot rice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800038383-AQMBPH60FNXAP4K4LQS4/seward_food2.JPG Seward - one of the best meals in China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800152916-L6JPQY5Y3A18V9QHVFKQ/seward_sightseeing1.JPG Seward - Kaiping watchtowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800154976-J1G7W12QM5P5I2RRCF08/seward_sightseeing2.JPG Seward - Chikan, Kaiping http://www.friendsofroots.org/pagety daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100239551-FOWDRWH4AEHCKP70NHTH/image-asset.png Ty - looking for confirmation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801767676-Z1MP9KTZFLVEABIM76LR/Ty_landscape1.JPG Ty - maternal grandfather's home in Chaozhou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801773677-940XEJJQVUBJ8PPTBMSN/Ty_landscape2.JPG Ty - alley of village in Chaozhou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801775752-0N91GWK1Q2VRSHHU0FF3/Ty_landscape3.JPG Ty - village pig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801836550-BX5EFSG93OKAWUD8CMBZ/Ty_rooting1.JPG Ty - it's tunnel time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801948661-1F8Q5T3FZUHA85URTL79/Ty_rooting11.JPG Ty - raw rooting on the spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801935191-6RVC8QKKP0LM4EXJT9U8/Ty_rooting10.JPG Ty - the village elder who helped me find my ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801878066-9LH71BKCUTHEQ6PVHN0S/Ty_rooting4.JPG Ty - listening to my cousin explain the family relationship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460175591170-YE0C3SY0G8JQVJMNUID6/Ty_rooting3.JPG Ty - looking for confirmation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801849069-12QF2POX47QTKPVA59DU/Ty_rooting2.JPG Ty - Al and I embrace after this rollercoaster rooting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801965355-OC4PFQXRMFO2UQIWV53A/Ty_rooting12.JPG Ty - filling in the gaps of our family tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801922354-76NDP05KLGT35L9KHG5D/Ty_rooting9.JPG Ty - figuring out the family tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801892118-6K1OBF7HO4KEGRC6DEV2/Ty_rooting5.JPG Ty - lighting incense to pay respects to my ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801908679-ASQMVGUX6EWWV7H4R6QP/Ty_rooting6.JPG Ty - paying my respects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801933608-K6710TO0IYUSQU859Q32/Ty_rooting8.JPG Ty - giving a lycee to my newly discovered cousin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801981916-63NALVX0NM62CP546ZN5/Ty_rooting14.JPG Ty - my grand cousin and his wife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801904577-ZWHQV1B24FX52NZ5HDS8/Ty_rooting7.JPG Ty - reunited and it feels so good! (my grandfather on the right and his cousin on the left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801967066-VRIUGOUH91EZH2CKP4RX/Ty_rooting13.JPG Ty - family reunited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801809507-IIEH3LTK396D43MFRX7X/Ty_officials1.JPG Ty - the Roots leaders and my newly found family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801825901-BK3R80KFG3QFYB0V2LX5/Ty_officials2.JPG Ty - officials refusing my lycee for helping me find my family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801760446-X768KW8O7OOIVNDBJH12/Ty_food1.JPG Ty - cockles in garlic sauce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801759383-M9RBMT1RWL9FEFA4UXK3/Ty_food2.JPG Ty - fried sugar pastry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801787958-DAZ6SQOEEFVI8HFWKYI7/Ty_misc2.JPG Ty - wong pei from Cheryl's village and Seward, Ellis, and Connie doing the YMCA dance in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801786879-3D5NX3KYHZAJM4Y8WHRO/Ty_misc3.JPG Ty - Al and I braving the flood in Cheryl's village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801817379-8BTA72G6RZ004ITFK7HP/Ty_misc4.JPG Ty - happy rooters! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801766622-DGED4K83TZ85OFYY7NMP/Ty_food3.JPG Ty - the family that eats together, stays together! http://www.friendsofroots.org/linda daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099747031-Q974PWHVKUE5UC1W4JYB/image-asset.png Linda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801976560-DB94WFJN7H1YX6FHKYZY/DSC_6903.jpg Linda - Holding up a photograph of my maternal grandfather "gong gong". I first saw this picture in my grandmother's home when I visited China as a student abroad in 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801979742-RTIEWVSGKLZQMXGFAM00/DSC_6915.jpg Linda - A hand-inked sign to welcome our rooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802017691-03AZQNOGNRVY294MQT9Z/DSC_6922.jpg Linda - Preparing incense to pay respect at the Huang village family temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802016686-VLJMP69CGCUPLQNPI7KQ/DSC_6934.jpg Linda - Got my incense in hand, time to get #LIT! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802052091-JBUM5UZ7KZRGYCGY1DCH/DSC_6947.jpg Linda - My aunt Ling Yi guides me as I place the incense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802053697-IZ8J79M96F3V3Q47R0GY/DSC_6958.jpg Linda - My aunt Ling Yi guides me as I place the incense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802080365-W3181H9D8DVR0JNSLTXU/DSC_6980.jpg Linda - Rosa being the fearless leader and translator as my aunt walks us through the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802086118-3PSAGI6XEQKQPK32RJMB/DSC_6999.jpg Linda - Standing inside my ancestral home with an aunt, who I met for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802108375-FH1RE1U5MZI9OUV000DR/DSC_7008.jpg Linda - Meeting another aunt for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802109353-76XIMY5JAHMPK9VH93VI/DSC_7090.jpg Linda - A moment with my adorable 103 year old great aunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802127829-BSGKPHYUMTEARB2YH6EW/DSC_7094.jpg Linda - I never got the chance to meet my gong gongso it was nice to meet a relative who knew him. Her memories of him was enough for me to feel connected to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802128146-QIM6C8SF7JQR3G77LDW2/DSC_7098.jpg Linda - In the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802146488-0MWGQIRPOOBT8TTS2HX7/DSC_7119.jpg Linda - Outside the Huang village family temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802148188-V6JNOQYA6HC8QWHMEXC8/DSC_7126.jpg Linda - Visiting the courtyard and three 200-year old banyan trees that my mother had climbed on as a child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802168378-H0J3Y9M63ANI16OK6SY1/DSC_7129.jpg Linda - classic low-rise brick and mortar architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802166966-0OZEJCDXHILFYWX0E7H9/DSC_7130.jpg Linda - Letting loose with an aunt and a village official. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802201118-YXABHDVAS40VX1G3YS3Q/DSC_7178.jpg Linda - Press Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802190279-K14DJJEGOA1E74Z9FCPV/DSC_7201.jpg Linda - "1, 2, 3, qiézi!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802210698-ZFKPT515KQTQLV1KXE29/DSC_7208.jpg Linda - Grateful to have my aunt Ling Yi come from Hong Kong to attend my rooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802233936-GV061HUXI7K3B5WTCJ9U/DSC_7219.jpg Linda - Enjoying a lunch with local officials after rooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802227909-D05YQ4CJQVUWQ7PVT0DY/IMG_3936.JPG Linda - Here we go (cue tunnel song, "No Scrubs")! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802248725-MJ1KVSPHRS3VN54L5WVV/IMG_3940.JPG Linda - Outside are badminton courts and playground space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802248840-2VTYE7UKH7DEHDIOC6IG/IMG_3951.JPG Linda - Beautiful Lantana camara flowers around the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802266759-E70J5VB7BDYO4M6Y6YHJ/IMG_3958.JPG Linda - Rooting gave me a deeper sense of self and family. I am grateful to my #RootsOhana for laying that bridge to my materal relatives in China. It is a place I plan to revisit again and again. http://www.friendsofroots.org/ellis daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100660730-L2VQUKNU5TSFESX5TQAL/image-asset.jpeg Ellis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801538894-973BSCJBKXX4JK8S27WT/Ellis_Rooting9.JPG Ellis - A flat tire on our way to my village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801556630-024BFV21BMZ5BEVTAKH2/Ellis_Rooting12.JPG Ellis - Tunneling into my rooting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801558600-7N6E3P7IP1F4LRMK2T3X/Ellis_Rooting13.JPG Ellis - (Left to right) My great grandaunt, great-great grandparents, great grandparents (my maternal grandfather's parents) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801526895-09YNA9K2SQQZY5O2FLR8/Ellis_Rooting6.JPG Ellis - My three granduncles live next door to each other. They paved their pathway/alley with marble stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801518791-SBWZ04QNVHSTUMKHWVDJ/Ellis_Rooting5.JPG Ellis - Fragrant home-grown jasmine flowers and kung fu cha tea ceremony by third granduncle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801511375-MP7LYEOGO4XMUTGD7FKG/Ellis_Rooting3.JPG Ellis - Family group photo with leaders inside third granduncle's home after some kung fu cha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801518379-IUYMKW6OHE5QBO900CRZ/Ellis_Rooting4.JPG Ellis - Family group photo inside third granduncle's home after some kung fu cha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801533179-TDQW7DOVFXOFP6M64IU2/Ellis_Rooting7.JPG Ellis - Gino demonstrates his strength on the roof of my third granduncle's home with Steve looking on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460169566563-OPZMKHAO3KVB8V53957A/IMG_0589.JPG Ellis - A higher view of the marble pathway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801575046-LFIDZXZ68U6IRMYA2EOT/Ellis_Rooting14.JPG Ellis - Sharing a moment with Ty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801536090-QE2H60P153Q626I7RMMZ/Ellis_Rooting8.JPG Ellis - The river area that flowed through the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801577871-IPS06YXE2YPGTHS3UJQZ/Ellis_Rooting15.JPG Ellis - Holding hands with my youngest granduncle as we walk throughout the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460169580127-YOSE4FHCDNVE6C1MLOWY/IMG_1451.JPG Ellis - My moment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801542257-XWNLIU4CVK5EDKTLSKVH/Ellis_Rooting10.JPG Ellis - The dilapidated front entrance to my maternal grandfather's childhood home in the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801545257-WKP8GH6WAMRU6QZYV5UR/Ellis_Rooting11.JPG Ellis - Peering inside his childhood home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801511219-BVHD5CR4M3LG54JPIAP3/Ellis_Rooting2.JPG Ellis - Presentation of my family's genealogy book and the Lam Clan origins book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801591248-CX80B1DQMXVXX3L3ZZBK/Ellis_Rooting16.JPG Ellis - Finding my family's line in the genealogy book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801590709-Z722TWEXT1N3JEHTIGZB/Ellis_Rooting17.JPG Ellis - A wider view of what goes on during your rooting that you don't even register https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801610647-BV5INZ4E1OM4V4L2I92E/Ellis_Rooting18.JPG Ellis - Getting ready for a family group photo in front of ancestral hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801610179-NR465D5Q3J5F96YOYA69/Ellis_Rooting19.JPG Ellis - Every rooting is a big team effort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801503742-3CCDHBFP1XJ7Y3DQXV6G/Ellis_Rooting1.JPG Ellis - Family photo after we finally got to properly say our goodbyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801449857-46JYUG5SFECC1UZDNKOP/Ellis_candid1.JPG Ellis - Jumping for joy in Chao Shan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801450083-L2CCSSCYT98CGOG7M4SP/Ellis_candid2.JPG Ellis - Getting ready to leave on a jet plane to begin our Roots Journey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801457479-YG5KEZY7SR79842618SC/Ellis_candid3.JPG Ellis - Our first big roundtable lunch at Mao's restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801457476-6C5GK2T49D1CLM8PIWAS/Ellis_candid4.JPG Ellis - Doing the Jeff pose at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in front of the Sun Yat Sen's old home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801459077-R7KMSK3QR0BGXW2Y1TAL/Ellis_candid5.JPG Ellis - A taste of home: Nutter Butters! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801464452-B4AGXMLKUQD3G251LYIY/Ellis_food1.JPG Ellis - A taste of Chao Shan: durian cream mochi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801465435-HYKF0FRVAUYYE84X20LV/Ellis_food2.JPG Ellis - A taste of Chao Shan: sweet taro paste dessert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801472167-KWY3XCQW2Q1T5OUQHI3E/Ellis_Landscape1.JPG Ellis - A peek inside my maternal grandparents' village ancestral hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801472633-J32I4DIZWBC52Y6CSLDR/Ellis_Landscape2.JPG Ellis - The outside wall of the home where my maternal grandfather grew up in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801480477-81EHE7D8N58QA0EKKHBD/Ellis_Landscape3.JPG Ellis - The basketball court at my maternal grandparents' village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801488749-71485ZSLVR3VJ9YQXNBR/Ellis_Officials1.JPG Ellis - Thanking a local official, who assisted with finding the village, with a gift of American ginseng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801495803-AO1SPUTGR9B0IVAZS2NW/Ellis_Officials2.JPG Ellis - Thanking a local official, who assisted with finding the village, with a gift of American ginseng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801496413-25XCFTN2TDCTO0JVSTYI/Ellis_officials3.JPG Ellis - All the Chau Shan region rooters with the region head officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801503710-J2TSQAZRFUHK9KIU00CR/Ellis_officials4.JPG Ellis - Group photo with all the Rooters and Chau Shan officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460169135858-BPTM04JQ15DQ6JZIOBJC/Ellis_sightseeing1.JPG Ellis - Crossing the plum pass like our ancestors did before us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460169119936-R0GRQEDK7IOGD4PQQ5EK/Ellis_sightseeing2.JPG Ellis - Reenacting "Movie City's" movie poster http://www.friendsofroots.org/jeffrey daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099882944-JYN8OZ9LAPRWD42TPVDI/image-asset.png Jeffrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801910755-00BIEHOD6Z5VM962RJUV/Jeffrey_landscape1.JPG Jeffrey - The entrance to the ancestral temple with 30-day incense burners hanging overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801923940-9JCEVRD5MH5GT3TK1T4D/Jeffrey_landscape2.JPG Jeffrey - The lotus pad field at the entrance of the ancestral village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801921610-2SSHAYFFONHWRNR4MHLX/Jeffrey_landscape3.JPG Jeffrey - Showcasing the elaborate architecture of the roof, signifying a scholar’s house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801938443-GS6W51TA05XRY7DS877I/Jeffrey_officials1.JPG Jeffrey - A quick stop at the county headquarters before going to the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801945177-ZNDV7EDFY4A48XI083H9/Jeffrey_rooting1.JPG Jeffrey - Hanging up a 30-day incense burner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801956119-VB0Z9O3OHEIORMB2H6VZ/Jeffrey_rooting2.JPG Jeffrey - Burning paper money to give fortune to my ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801963521-WXPB6TW7ZDHP0SQMBFQV/Jeffrey_rooting3.JPG Jeffrey - Lighting incense within the ancestral temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801983656-NJQJ2MEIH8RNARW45I3T/Jeffrey_rooting4.JPG Jeffrey - Kneeling and praying for my ancestors at the temple altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801985050-PFTIFG8YV32AAF32G5RG/Jeffrey_rooting5.JPG Jeffrey - Showing my name so the temple caretaker can write a blessing for my ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802002836-EJ45P5RF3R2EH03K4PQK/Jeffrey_rooting6.JPG Jeffrey - Admiring the majesty and beauty of the temple’s interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802016905-PQP8CWRQNIH2XK3479H4/Jeffrey_rooting7.JPG Jeffrey - Lighting incense amongst my peers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802020325-JHR4NA3F7POSYDUV6KOD/Jeffrey_rooting8.JPG Jeffrey - Taking a quick break to take in the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802039962-C0OZF3B9WOCL8QL6PN4W/Jeffrey_rooting9.JPG Jeffrey - Placing incense outside the ancestral temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802047973-72CRQ3ZT38RZ5XQGQJY8/Jeffrey_rooting10.JPG Jeffrey - Placing an offering into the temple box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802066308-Q05VQZFMMM45I9S3W899/Jeffrey_sightseeing1.JPG Jeffrey - A statue of a lion in the ancestral museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458802082399-MXYB5NQ5XMOONM74W13I/Jeffrey_sightseeing2.JPG Jeffrey - A statue of an ox in the gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801863103-FKIUGXOZQQBSGK4GHJAC/Jeffrey_candid1.JPG Jeffrey - Having some fun in the ancestral museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801866808-CE1X3SCAEGR8LLM2YYHU/Jeffrey_candid2.JPG Jeffrey - Ellis, a fellow rooter, taking over as tour guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801893362-08JRVPHPIL0OR45NQSKI/Jeffrey_candid3.JPG Jeffrey - Fellow leaders Steve and John striking a pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801885981-DVW151NURE07682XAFI9/Jeffrey_candid4.JPG Jeffrey - Ellis translating for the tour guide. http://www.friendsofroots.org/noki daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100382717-ZMPX63M4AYLRJUC4L6P4/image-asset.jpeg Noki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801711969-I4CRDK3XV2L63KI46ECS/Noki-landscape1.JPG Noki - traditional domestic houses in Chaozhou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801714845-UKC6MMH960WJAN83PIMN/Noki-landscape2.JPG Noki - giant incenses being made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801717046-3XB6OOVQFRQV44H097TD/Noki-landscape3.JPG Noki - beautiful village altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801722199-VO4ZEBIDWNJLI588CLMM/NOKI-officials1.JPG Noki - the village's name means stone bird, can you see it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801723895-FTG6U21KV6FDETXZBOO7/NOKI-officials2.JPG Noki - group picture of the village officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801723347-DLGI9XTVB1Z1FA6KVRSP/Noki-personal1.jpg Noki - me and my beautiful wife, Shannon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801724118-EB4PZQSIV9PXBL4G8XHL/Noki-personal2.JPG Noki - family selfie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801725202-B7BV7C6QBGS6P5GASU3V/Noki-personal3.JPG Noki - it's because of Elsie and Al, this became a reality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801731401-K5A14AKX5NMAJ9UREHPU/Noki-root1.JPG Noki - my cousins and Ty deep in conversation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801731263-LMMT946BZ61BASCFHPEM/Noki-root2.JPG Noki - walking to visit my family's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801735030-19RRVD1O5P55PPLTHRSQ/Noki-root3.JPG Noki - meeting Bo Kim, my aunt for the first time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801746745-MPV1WYU4G7A59BY263CR/Noki-root4.JPG Noki - eating a special dessert for prosperity, no matter how much I eat, she refills it with more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801739864-QIPPABOXNSYB14VZGQ66/Noki-root5.JPG Noki - sharing a moment while taking a family photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801740643-1IBMXTEGUNZ3C93FG6VY/Noki-root6.JPG Noki - finding my uncle's abacus inside my grandfather's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801741483-36RKA1X5XMR4EFJ1T15B/Noki-root7.JPG Noki - taking a family group selfie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801746427-MVSA3QFSJQIT0A8D08ZD/Noki-root8.JPG Noki - praying together as a family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801748904-O5BTDKPZZHN1JPZDVTNK/Noki-root9.JPG Noki - family photo outside the village temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801752656-R3CRIOXD0TNP769GKAHB/Noki-root10.JPG Noki - posing in front of the village altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801754637-JGQ7R1H7E31PMSYRXNP7/Noki-sightseeing1.JPG Noki - village chief sharing a private jam session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801758939-VMHQ4VXH6Q4WYLXMYIX5/Noki-sightseeing2.JPG Noki - a great picture of Frank stomping through china https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801699719-QZE0N26BADCMVQN0ME1Q/Noki-candid1.JPG Noki - our reaction after spending hours at the bank to exchange currency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801699691-ZM823XBTAFN3JEK2TMO3/Noki-candid2.JPG Noki - ice cream was essential to surviving the heat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801701993-2DJ531R9ZHQN25B9W5N1/Noki-candid3.JPG Noki - Celi and I's reaction to a typhoon that flooded a village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801702115-43XOSZIJXSHDFISDOUZV/Noki-candid4.JPG Noki - a serious mentor-mentee photo happily disrupted by mentor's wife...Rosa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801703741-IMZ22APIMTXDUZ0IL2CY/Noki-candid5.JPG Noki - harnessing our inner kung fu as if we're on the set of "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801703017-IBXZSAL1M700FNR8D5CO/Noki-candid6.JPG Noki - showering Steve because he looked to dry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801706791-F75AQXJ12W5VMMU12LQ3/Noki-food1.JPG Noki - sugary dessert with pigeon eggs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801706835-03XSRFL5VC62C2JJPPZQ/Noki-food2.JPG Noki - food offerings for our ancestors http://www.friendsofroots.org/connie daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460100818010-4KN3ZRZ3C8QIHQ1IX9MS/image-asset.jpeg Connie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090881239-0P2KHG1BNY9IMTMH34WV/Connie_alter.jpg Connie - my grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather's names on plaques in the altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090925126-6WMBVBAGPQWAHB10JG5U/Connie_alter2.jpg Connie - my aunt showing my my ancestors names on the altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090933532-8JUH2NAT003EYX04N5TE/Connie_entrance.jpg Connie - my tunnel walk out song--bubblebutt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090961366-MHCFMH4XOZ78VUPRK95G/Connie_firecrackers.jpg Connie - When we drove up to the village, we were welcomed with a huge line of firecrackers set off https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460090991285-CFOXZY8OG9T0G0UU1TM5/Connie_hands.jpg Connie - I was so happy to meet my aunt in China for the first time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091015219-ZOMEMO29F9G6FJ27TQM4/Connie_kidsband.jpg Connie - The kids band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091036148-WGYR5C3K47BC3NJN0HAU/Connie_kidsband2.JPG Connie - I was greeted with a live children's band playing as I walked through the entrance to the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091075626-LLY8FX6TOUW5NHLYEN12/Connie_lock.jpg Connie - The door of my ancestral home where my grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather lived https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091076621-I40WVZMJJX9IT3FI5XZX/Connie_people.jpg Connie - Listening to village elder's story about growing up with my great grandfather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091122794-O63970JYD62G668FM4FU/Connie_relative.jpg Connie - This village elder grew up with my great grandfather. What a surprise to be able to meet him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091122214-GEBRGB1L5CKB3C5FGGOT/Connie_rooting.jpg Connie - The door of my ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091177735-ZVPII7P0FBS9HJPNAS8L/Connie_rooting2.jpg Connie - I had a red carpet welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091182211-V0X7H764V633S9C7FFSG/Connie-alandty.jpg Connie - Al and Ty translating between Teochew and Mandarin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091244099-WTRV3FTD5H24OPHQFVGY/Connie-art.jpg Connie - Teochew ceramic art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091236331-H94ZET5U1T8VKR0HI844/Connie-auntandphoto.jpg Connie - My aunt gave me this photo of my grandfather. Everyone says I have his nose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091284789-68E086PCV71RHTSQRVLL/Connie-clapping.jpg Connie - Listening to a very hearty welcome speech https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091285630-S1ADQXT4QWUBUR46CNWZ/Connie-crowd.JPG Connie - My cohort and village gathered in the ancestral temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091325539-BM85L199KTGQKVVS6CAD/Connie-fruit.JPG Connie - A local fruit stand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091330136-MUQCLA0D66QYS4MB77YE/Connie-group.jpg Connie - Photo in the Trang Temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091370446-UAZOMXGV8BO1G9OA8B7M/Connie-group2.jpg Connie - Standing with the men of my grandfather's village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091381118-FCJ55EJS3XFVR7NHWX56/Connie-officials.jpg Connie - proud to have strong female officials in my region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091371872-FOKZ2IVKNLSLTQJLJFN6/Connie-prayingupclose.jpg Connie - paying respects to my ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091403458-TKN4CCT6HMJORW8KLXUU/Connie-redenvelop.jpg Connie - A red envelope for the ancestral temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091421964-WXE20S3OIUIEAHB57L2L/Connie-ty.jpg Connie - Ty and I, during a funny moment of Ellis' translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091446635-HK89GNUC06KAL4D197FV/Connie-upcloseingroup.jpg Connie - Group photo inside the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460091449658-WJ2HLPWN0DPS8RMX3JIX/DSC_0753.jpg Connie - My grandfather's name is written on the wall http://www.friendsofroots.org/exhibits daily 0.75 2024-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1587956027940-HDIS0511JPSF5LHS2V6P/image-asset.jpeg Exhibits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460050249921-MCGINYNHLVRDL2DXM89B/image-asset.png Exhibits Roots Ohana 2015 http://www.friendsofroots.org/michelle daily 0.75 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1460099074726-LI5PCIN4HOQNMNKKXP72/image-asset.png Michelle - Michelle inside her grandmother's ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800894312-FW6ZL1TU8O2MXPOXFC7D/Michelle_landscape1.jpg Michelle - The watchtower of Michelle's maternal grandmother's village, Bok Saa, in Toisan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800908743-OUBZI4CQIY8L8QCTYFOA/Michelle_landscape2.jpg Michelle - A deserted alleyway in Bok Saa, Toisan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800916811-PGHCTT521UEZJTX48TCT/Michelle_landscape3.JPG Michelle - Rice paddies at the entrance of Michelle's maternal grandfather's village, Saam Baat, in Toisan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800924763-HJMS00J1K02CPA9A84LA/Michelle_officials1.JPG Michelle - The 2015 Roots cohort in front of Michelle's maternal grandmother's village, Bok Saa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800928237-Q8V6T70TMQHPB85M06Y6/Michelle_officials2.JPG Michelle - Michelle and Mr. Yang, a Toisan official https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800933465-NDRORKR5SF577XTLWXJE/Michelle_officials3.JPG Michelle - The front entrance of Michelle's grandfather's home in Saam Baat (with her mother's first cousin and her husband) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800937567-H6AN198T3FQE0QYAW4DF/Michelle_rooting1.JPG Michelle - Inside Michelle's grandmother's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800961428-PJQHO087SJ5IEAO6SJWW/Michelle_rooting2.JPG Michelle - Paying respect inside her grandmother's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800950207-Y0TSAY9BE39VD1UF4L2S/Michelle_rooting3.JPG Michelle - Thanking the village elder who recognized Michelle's great-great-grandfather's name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800968149-C9K57B8AZ171YWD8JU2V/Michelle_rooting4.JPG Michelle - Burning money as an offering with Al Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800978872-08PZTURH3P7NX9WCA07D/Michelle_rooting5.JPG Michelle - Beautiful watercolor paintings found in Michelle's grandmother's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800976218-LXN0U6EP0HZ8HJLT23KV/Michelle_rooting6.JPG Michelle - All smiles with the Bok Saa villagers who were instrumental in finding Michelle's ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800997889-0KVVNN1GE5XNJJJFQ9TK/Michelle_rooting8.jpg Michelle - Michelle and Steve Owyang in the rice paddies of her grandfather's village, Saam Baat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801016771-G7M927VNGV3I5FL90VAD/Michelle_rooting9.jpg Michelle - The incense left by Michelle on her grandmother's family alter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801015571-PBDY595LZW5HXT7LPGZD/Michelle_rooting10.jpg Michelle - Michelle's grandmother's home was boarded and locked up and the village head had to saw off the lock for the group to go inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801022961-9ZGU07YSPO0EXBU9NECD/Michelle_rooting11.JPG Michelle - Inside Michelle's grandmother's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801036646-DXGPLJYG8I1SK5GAG45I/Michelle_rooting12.JPG Michelle - The beautiful, intricate family alter inside of Michelle's grandfather's ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801039297-4LPSG2DWLPNG1VHCDFKV/Michelle_rooting13.jpg Michelle - Michelle and Al Cheng in front of her ancestral home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800870575-EV40XPCCKE16V3OB5624/Michelle_candid1.JPG Michelle - Crowning the princess of Bok Saa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800861322-7TOZB1ECTN6BGNGJIJHY/Michelle_candid2.jpg Michelle - Rice paddies - aka runways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800874679-2KAZYEGDBBP3Q53P9OHD/Michelle_candid3.JPG Michelle - The hardworking Popo in Noki's village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800883933-E1A4QY3JV2FJP2SLNT1Q/Michelle_candid4.JPG Michelle - Lily "Michellis" Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458800879843-CB45YC3HROBXGNOZIN93/Michelle_candid5.JPG Michelle - Sifu, Golden State's number one fan! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801045771-9F5EGOHOV242L8Q6Z8DJ/Michelle_sightseeing1.JPG Michelle - Michelle and Ty jumping for joy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1458801045090-5Z04CAH82RN29SNI84T0/Michelle_sightseeing2.JPG Michelle - Sifu and Michelle http://www.friendsofroots.org/support-us daily 0.75 2024-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c95c9ee4b036a8e7337a16/1481007812313-QIL2DNQV82432TQ71ACW/DSC02396.JPG Support Us http://www.friendsofroots.org/about-us daily 0.75 2024-09-08