This  pages  are collections from the trip Betty took with her uncle's family

and Dad took with his brother, sister in law and Mom's relatives

Where is our village?

How did our ancestor get there?

My father told me many years ago that our ancestor came from central China, a place called Nan Shown.  I looked at the Chinese map but did not find a place with this name.  In any case, one of the concubine of the local Emperor ran away with her lover.  As a result the emperor sent out soldiers looking for them. Because of this, our ancestor and his wife had to run away from that place.  It was not clear to me if that woman was the concubine or for what reason they had to run. They ran south.  Sometime after they started, they consulted a fortune teller to ask him what they should do.

The fortune teller told them they should take along with they a roaster.  They should settle at wherever the roaster croaked the first time.  They continued their journey.  They reached this little island in the middle of the  river feeding the Pearl River - China's third largest river.  The roaster croaked.  They settled down in this island and called this island "chicken  crooked island".  This name remains to this day.

They lived there ever after and we are their offsprings.

What do you think? Do you  think grandpa is pulling out legs?

(If you are a detective you might say that they consulted the fortune teller in the morning, bought a roaster and then ran.  They ran all night and in the morning the roaster croaked.  They must have consulted the fortune teller in a small town never this island)