Talk:Aston Martin Vulcan/@comment-31044517-20180107190857/@comment-27736210-20180117152607

@Formula Emre

Haha! I could probably do that but my knowledge of these events, relating to my heritage, is not very detailed. I only know the general picture of what happened. And over the past two years, I've been slowly unwrapping it.

In fact, I did not know that I was Taiwanese until two years ago. My Mum never tells me anything. On the other hand, my Grandmother (who is 65-70 years old; she lives across the road from me) is always babbling on about her experiences in Indonesia. But she has a very inconsistent and scattered way of giving out information (it doesn't help that she has an Asian accent and also stutters; also, she rambles like me, and she talks in 2-3 languages at the same time, which is very confusing). My Mum is mainly disinterested, so that's why I don't get much from her (including my country of origin, apparently).

My family history got more interesting through my Mum's two siblings. My Mum's brother's wife is Macedonian and my Mum's sister's husband is French-Cambodian. My Mum's brother works as an artist (not one of those Van Gogh-style ones; he does geeky superhero comic stuff and other similar art-related things).

My Mum's sister is an international lawyer who has worked extensively on humanitarian issues; most notably, the Cambodian Khmer Rouge (which is how she met her husband). I visited Cambodia two years ago and I was able to go into a court-room where they were holding a trial for one of Pol Pot's right-hand men (the problem is that most of the people on trial are 80-90 years old; many of the people on trial, including Pol Pot himself, have already died of old age).

My Aunt married her husband two-three years ago, in France (I didn't go to the wedding because I was in school at the time but my younger brother and my Mum did). My Aunt, Uncle-in-Law and their 2-week-old son are currently living in Australia with my Grandparents, but they are going to go back to France. My Uncle-in-Law's mother (who is probably ~55-60 years old) owns a vineyard somewhere in France (she lived in Paris, the last time I checked). And she seems to be making wine as a profession, now. My Aunt and Uncle-in-Law have been drinking alcohol at every meal for the past half-a-year.

My Uncle-in-Law's father is currently divorced from his mother. His father lives in Cambodia and works for the government there. My Uncle-in-Law's mother's paternal grandfather is Samdach Veang Thiounn. https://www.geni.com/people/Samdach-Veang-THIOUNN/314854334210003095

During the Khmer Rouge, my Uncle-in-Law's (very large) family was one of the prime targets of the regime. Many of them were captured or killed. His parents fled to France (they are affiliated with the French Protectorate of Cambodia) and I think my Uncle-in-Law was born in the year that they left the country.