Posted on: General China Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/China/General?read=205 Surname: PAN ------------------------- Thanks, Nathan, for the response. My very limited understanding is that Pan is, in this case, the surname. The problem now is to try to discover links backwards in order to discover my g-gfather's full Chinese name and from there the details of his family. I have not been able to find any relevant details here in Australia and have really come up against a brick wall.