Genealogy In Vietnamese Neighbourhoods

In Anthropology kinship refers to one’s relationships, as well as who an individual believes is his or her family. Because anthropologists examine situations from both an outside and inside perspectives as well as an open mind we understand that; “kinship and biology don’t always converge, nor do they need to” (Kottak 361). My informant, Claire, describes her kinship system in the same manner as many Americans. She believes that kinship is and must have biological evidence. Due to this belief Claire feels that the terms kinship system and family can be used interchangeably in reference to her personal kin. Currently she is in the youngest generation on her kinship chart. She was born in Savannah, Georgia and raised in the Middle Georgia area

With the centrality of the family in Hmong culture, having sons or a son is very important as they are the ones who will take on the last name and lead the future generation of the family (Cha, 2010). Cha states, “The clannish nature of Hmong society favors a son. A family that does not have a son is viewed as a burden to the clan and community, because such a family will not contribute much to the community,” (p. 24). In the culture, the son(s) will take care of the parents as the daughter will get married and move to live with the husband’s family. Religion also plays a role since the traditional belief is that although the daughter can take care of the parents physically when they are alive, they cannot take care of them spiritually after they pass away. This is because the daughter becomes a part of the other family and cannot worship her parents’ spirits after death (Cha, 2010).

Vietnam is known for many things such as their culture, traditions, cuisines, landscape, war, and their people. Vietnam includes many different landforms as well. Vietnam’s absolute location is 14.0583 N and 108.2772 E. As for its relative location it is surrounded by three countries and the Pacific Ocean, the three countries surrounding Vietnam is Cambodia and Loas to the West, while China is to the North. Some physical features of Vietnam are the Red River Delta that is fronted by the hills that rise into the high mountains in the Northwest, the coastal lowlands and the Mekong River Delta in the Southern regions, and the Annam Highlands which covers up most of the central landscape. About twenty percent of low-lands covers the country.

This book is certainly an eye opener. I always knew that culture played an important part in one’s everyday experience, but I never imagine it to be so extensive and tragic. When Dan Murphy stated “when you fail one Hmong patient, you fail the whole community”(p.253), I believe that he meant that as other Hmong families hear about Lia’s family tragic experience, they too feel the fear and disappointment caused by the health system of modern society. When another Hmong family has a sick child, they will hesitate to bring their child to the hospital because of the thinking that they may be forced to go against their cultural regimes. I think that whole Hmong family will neglect analyzing the Lia’s situation, and again run from the thinking that

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During the Vietnam War, United States military forces worked closely with a population indigenous to Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam known as the Hmong. The Hmong demonstrated loyalty and dedication in their cooperation during the war at a great cost to themselves. Not only did they suffer losses of 20% if their adult male population (Vang, 1979, cited by Tatman, 2004, p. 223), but once the fall of Saigon in 1975 marked the end of the conflict with a victory for North Vietnam, the Hmong were suddenly targeted for retaliation in the form of a genocidal campaign waged by Pathet Lao with the support of the Vietnamese military. As friends and family members, including children, were murdered mercilessly, many sought safety in Thailand where they were

Further, the Hmong families are divided by which clans and subgroups they are a part of. There are 19 clans identified within the Hmong culture (Kou 2012). It has been said “The clan acquires its membership through a patrilineal system, identifiable by the male’s last name and therefore, lineage” (Tatman 2004). The clans acquire their names based on the relationship to the father. For example, “Marriage by two individuals within the same clan is not allowed, despite genealogical distance between members” (Tatman 2004). The men are typically the individuals to leave their clan and find a wife suitable for them because in the article it explained, “Under the clan system, wives, and subsequent children, become members of the husband’s clan, and total loyalty to this new clan is expected” (Tatman 2004).

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