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Welcome to the Shim Family website. This site will attempt to This is an attempt to document the clusters of Shim family members around the world.
This project was inspired by my intention to search for my ancestors in a village in China, which has not been visited, since my ancestor left it a few generations ago.
SHIM is the Hakka way of pronouncing the SHEN surname in Mandarin. The following documentation is about Chinese Hakka SHIMs. Not about the Korean or Japanese SHIMs that happen to have a similar romanised syntax of the surname.
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There are a number of Shim Family clusters around the world. The paper trail of how these various clusters are connected has not yet been completely established.
Danzhutou () village cluster
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What is Danzhutou?
?Danzhutou is the name of a village in China.
Where is Danzhutou?
?(Danzhutou, hakka: Tan Tsuk Theu) village is in
?(Buji) town is in
?(Longgang) district is in
?(Shenzhen) municipality is in
?(Guangdong) province is in
?(Zhongguo) China
What are the features of this village?
?Most, if not all, of the people in this village in China are from the Hakka dialect group, and have the surname (Shen, dialect: Shim).
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This is a picture of SHAM Wai Ching. Taken in 1914, when he was 27 years of age:
Key Contacts: Ivan SHIM (Singapore) & SHIM Phyau Soon (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia)
Ancestors: The paper trail stops at Charlie SHAM, born in 1887 in Danzhutou Village, China?/div>
Relevant links: ...
Genetics (DNA):
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Additional results for Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) kit number N50900 :
Relative Genetics tested DYS448=19.1
FTDNA tested DYS448=19.2 -> checked with database -> assigned 20
FTDNA tested DYS425=11+12 -> checked with database -> assigned 12
FTDNA tested SNP M175+ -> O haplogroup
Ethnoancestry tested SNP M122C -> O3 haplogroup
Ethnoancestry tested SNP M164C -> O3a2 haplogroup
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Main Patriach: Errol SHIM
Origin: Danzhutou Village, Shenzhen, China
Key Contacts: Errol SHIM (Ohio, USA), Paulette SHIM, Rebecca SHIM
Descendents: The paper trail from Errol SHIM downwards is well established.
Relevant links:
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Main Patriach: Reverend SHIM Yin Chin
Origin: Danzhutou Village, Shenzhen, China
Key Contacts: Professor Walton SHIM (Hawaii, USA)
Descendents: Paper trail from Reverend SHIM downwards is well established.
Ancestors: The paper trail from Reverend SHIM upwards is ?
Reverend SHIM Wai On (son of Reverend SHIM Yin Chin)
Genetics (DNA): ...
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Main Patriach: (Canadian cluster via Jamaica)
Origin: Danzhutou Village, Shenzhen, China
Key Contacts: Ivan Herman SHIM (Miami, Florida, USA), Norma SHIM, Brenda SHIM
Ancestors: They trace their heritage back to Danzhutou Village.
Descendents: ...
Main Patriach: SHIM Mook
Origin: Chung Kong Village of Kong Tau, China
Key Contacts: Nancy SHIM-AU (Hawaii, USA) & Timon SHUM (Hong Kong)
Ancestors: The paper trail from SHIM Mook upwards, is well established.
Genetics (DNA): ...
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Contact me:
(Shen Biaoming)
Mobile (voice & SMS): +65 9386-6990
Email: [email protected]
Address:
168 Bedok South Avenue 3 #01-473
Singapore 460168
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