Neeranam Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 (edited) I'd guess that most of the members here don't have 100% Thai wife/partners. Please answer to prove me right/wrong. Mine is Thai/Indian. Edited March 5, 2010 by Neeranam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I would have to say my partner is Thai. 1great-grandfather was from China I think but the family has none of the Chinese habits/customs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 I would have to say my partner is Thai. 1great-grandfather was from China I think but the family has none of the Chinese habits/customs. That's not 100% Thai so please vote Thai/chinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 ummmm ... He is ethnically Thai (and his Chinese great grandfather was Tai) ... so ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 ummmm ... He is ethnically Thai (and his Chinese great grandfather was Tai) ... so ... He is 87.5% Thai - same as my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Voted Thai / Chinese.... Both sets of Grandparents emigrated from China, both parents born in Thailand - What does that make my wife ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Voted Thai / Chinese.... Both sets of Grandparents emigrated from China, both parents born in Thailand - What does that make my wife ? 100% Chinese. Origin not nationality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashacat Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 No '100% farang' option then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I would assume that your wife identifies herself as Thai/Indian ... my partner identifies himself strictly as Thai. If you are doing this thread to prove genetics or DNA then that gets one response. If you are doing the thread for sociology then it gets the response i gave. He counts himself as Thai 100% (As does his sister, but her kids are Thai Chinese ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 I would assume that your wife identifies herself as Thai/Indian .No, but most people ask her as she has some Indian features ie the beautiful eyes and big ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel2003 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 100% Thai. In Isaan (north east). A bit strange poll maybe, as there seems to be a "must" to choose the Thai/Laos if the spouse is from Isaan (closer to Laos border). My wife is from that region, but with Thai blood lines as long as even her 80+ grandfather can remember and heard about. But then again, if she was part this or that, I would still love her. Out of curiosity, do they call them part Thai on the other side of the (Laos) border? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurasianthai Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 (edited) When I was with my parents in Mukdahan, we visited the Mukdahan tower, where they explain the origin of the Mukdahan people. And my father said to my my wife, you look like the Chinese girl on the picture. And she said, I'm not Chinese, I'm Thai. Edited March 5, 2010 by eurasianthai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADTATIDA1 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Khymer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llso Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Yes, You left off Thai/Khmeer. Which my wife is and quite a few others I know. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old wanderer Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 My wife will say she is Thai, but in her village it is 1oo% Suay....(Small ethnic group that speak Kui) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave111223 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 My wife is 25% Chinese, but would not be considered "Thai/Chinese". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoegazer Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I would assume that your wife identifies herself as Thai/Indian ... my partner identifies himself strictly as Thai. If you are doing this thread to prove genetics or DNA then that gets one response. If you are doing the thread for sociology then it gets the response i gave. He counts himself as Thai 100% (As does his sister, but her kids are Thai Chinese ) If we extrapolate further back to anyone's grandparents' grandparents' grandparents... That makes us all African. No really, i dont understand. Can someone please explain what an indigenous Thai is supposed to be? Dont the "indigenous" people of SEAsian countries (in that area) have similar ancestry roots? Or is the OP meaning something like - if 20 prior generations were born and bred in the same physical border of Thailand, that makes you 100% Thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifftastic Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 just out of interest, where would 100% Thai people be from mainly? Given that Thai/Chinese would be Lanna Thai as in up north? There is a fair mix of Burma and Laos there too, Central Thai as in Bangkok? I thought that was a Thai/Chinese mix too, are these 100% people you refer to from the south? Or are you suggesting by the use of this poll that there is no such thing as 100% anything? btw I voted Thai/Laos I myself am 25% german 25% dutch 25% french 25% scandinavian (ie 100% english!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADTATIDA1 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 just out of interest, where would 100% Thai people be from mainly? Given that Thai/Chinese would be Lanna Thai as in up north? There is a fair mix of Burma and Laos there too, Central Thai as in Bangkok? I thought that was a Thai/Chinese mix too, are these 100% people you refer to from the south? Or are you suggesting by the use of this poll that there is no such thing as 100% anything? btw I voted Thai/Laos I myself am 25% german 25% dutch 25% french 25% scandinavian (ie 100% english!) what no Irish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Mother, Father, their parents and their grandparents ( and so on...) 100% Korat. Not Thai, not Lao; Issan tae tae... so what should we go for????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 My wife considers herself to be 100% Mon, parents and grandparents Mon. She thinks she is Thai by accident of birth, and cant wait to leave the land of the free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWheelMan Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Impossible to say, because most Thais don`t have a clue as to their family origins passed the grandparents. My wife believes her great grandfather came over from China, but don`t they all? She told me her great granddaddy had a bike. Probably the same ancestor that sired the lot of them because he was able to get around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 By heart, 100% Thai By Blood; 50% Thai 25% Chinese 25% Pakistani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yabaaaa Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Dont know...........moved out of Africa millions of years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 ummmm ... He is ethnically Thai (and his Chinese great grandfather was Tai) ... so ... He is 87.5% Thai - same as my wife. I take it you are American then. They seem to be the only group of people who treat race like a paint-blending exercise. If you are going to get carried away with racist aspects of geneology, then I think at least you should separate out race from nationality. There are several indigineous races within Thailand, similarly Vietnam, and China though the vast majority are Han, and probably also the other neighbouring countries. THe thing is that heredity is not like paint-blending; chromosomes are inherited and dominated or don't in a way very different from colour mixing. This sort of racism really riles me as a 100% true blue Scot - regardless of place of origin or colour of passport - or colour of skin. Grrrrr - I'm tempted to go out a deck a sassanach and a yank to boot Deep breaths, happy smiles (I can hear a scouser saying "Calm Down! Calm Down," already! SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I have a European wife, a Vietnamese, two Thai, two Chinese girlfriends; not sure where to vote... SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifftastic Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 just out of interest, where would 100% Thai people be from mainly? Given that Thai/Chinese would be Lanna Thai as in up north? There is a fair mix of Burma and Laos there too, Central Thai as in Bangkok? I thought that was a Thai/Chinese mix too, are these 100% people you refer to from the south? Or are you suggesting by the use of this poll that there is no such thing as 100% anything? btw I voted Thai/Laos I myself am 25% german 25% dutch 25% french 25% scandinavian (ie 100% english!) what no Irish? nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 I would assume that your wife identifies herself as Thai/Indian ... my partner identifies himself strictly as Thai. If you are doing this thread to prove genetics or DNA then that gets one response. If you are doing the thread for sociology then it gets the response i gave. He counts himself as Thai 100% (As does his sister, but her kids are Thai Chinese ) If we extrapolate further back to anyone's grandparents' grandparents' grandparents... That makes us all African. No really, i dont understand. Can someone please explain what an indigenous Thai is supposed to be? Dont the "indigenous" people of SEAsian countries (in that area) have similar ancestry roots? Or is the OP meaning something like - if 20 prior generations were born and bred in the same physical border of Thailand, that makes you 100% Thai? Why, I thought the oldest people were in India. I'd say 5 generations, not 20. So the poll shows what I believed - most TV members partners are not pure Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Out of curiosity, do they call them part Thai on the other side of the (Laos) border? Good question - maybe some of the sociologists/geneologists can answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jangot Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 One wonders about the motive for the poll. Just curiosity? to what end? Why would it matter? The curiosity will lead to what end? People bragging about their wife's pedigree like a bunch of Crufts dog show judges? There is certainly a bias, a prejudice, within both the foreign and the Thai communities, based on origins and skin tone. It is to be deeply regretted. My wife's racial origins are from within the human race. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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