Posted on: General China Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/China/General?read=212 Surname: Uy, Wei ------------------------- Please help me trace our relatives from Fukien (Fujian), China. My grandfather is from Fukien with the surname of Uy but used the surname of his godfather/sponsor in the Philippines as BARRETTO. His filipino name is SATURNINO BARRETTO who was kidnapped for ransom and murdered by Huks of Quezon Province, Philippines in 1952. Some old chinese friends told me that the meaning of the chinese character UY is YELLOW and the pronounciation is not really UY but eing or egn. Some said that the Uy in Mandarin is WEI.