Generally, a family association is an organization formed by people who share a common ancestor or surname. They join together for a variety of purposes including exchanging genealogical information, sharing current news about family members, having reunions, and promoting family pride.
Some family associations strive to collect information about people with their surname all over the world, while others consist of a relatively small family group in a specific geographic area. Some groups put a lot of effort into family research while others prefer to concentrate more on family reunions and current family news.
Family associations often figure prominently among the Overseas Chinese. Family association buildings are often prominent features of Chinatowns.1
Chinese clan associations (Chinese: 會館/会馆) are formed by Overseas Chinese based on dialect groups or same family names to look after their members's affairs and welfare. In modern days, Chinese Clan Associations mostly serve as places for old folks to gather; the younger generations are seldom involved in clan activities.2
All affiliated members of è²å¾‹æ¿±å„宗親會è¯åˆæœƒ | Grand Family Association of the Philippines
æ—…è²è‡¨æ¿®ç¸½å ‚ | Lin Pok Sy Foundation Inc. – æ–½ | Sy, See, Siy, Shi etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±è¨±æ°å®—親總會 | Philippine Kho’s Association – 許 | Kho, Co, Ko, Xu, Hui etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ»Žé™½é„æ°å®—親會 | Tee’s Charitable Association Inc. – é„ | Tee, Ty, Zheng etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±å¤ªåŽŸçŽ‹æ°å®—親總會 | Philippine Tai Guan Ong’s Association – 王 | Ong, Wang etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ¿Ÿé™½æŸ¯è”¡å®—親總會 | Che Yong Cua Chua Association – 柯, 蔡 | Cua, Chua, Ke, Cai, Choi etc
è²è¯å½æ±äº”姓è¯å®—總會 | Filipinas Chinese Wei Due Fraternity – 姚, 虞, 陳, 胡, ç”° | Yao, Yu, Tan, Aw, Tian, Yeu, Chen, Hu etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±å…æ¡‚å ‚å®—è¦ªç¸½æœƒ | Philippine Lioc Kui Foundation Inc. – æ´ª, é¾”, æ–¹, 江, ç¿, 汪 | Ang, King, Hong, Kang, Ong-, Hung, Jiang etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±è®“å¾·å³æ°å®—親總會 | Philippine Liong Tek Fraternity – å³ | Go, Wu, Ng etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ±Ÿå¤é»ƒæ°å®—親總會 | Philippine Kang Ha Association Inc. – 黃 | Uy, Huang etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±è¥¿æ²³æž—æ°å®—親總會 | Se Jo Tong Family Association Inc. – æž— | Lim, Lin, Lam etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±éš´è¥¿æŽæ°å®—親總會 | Filipinas CMC & Fraternity Association Inc. – æŽ | Lee, Li, Dy etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±å¼˜è¾²æ¥Šæ°å®—親會 | Hin Long Incorporated – 楊 | Yu, Yang , Yong etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±çƒˆå±±äº”姓è¯å®—總會 | Liatsan Family Association in the Philippines – å‘‚, 盧, 高, 許, ç´€ | Lv, Lu, Gao, Xu, Ji, Co, Kho, Lo, Kee etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ¦åŠŸè˜‡æ°å®—親會 | Philippine Bukong So Association Inc.– 蘇 | So, Su etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±ç‰ˆç¯‰å‚…è³´åŒå®—總會 | The Po Lua Families Association – å‚…, è³´ | Po, Lua, Fu, Lai etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±é¾å²¡å…¬æ‰€ | Loong Kong Kung So, Inc. – 劉, é—œ, å¼µ, 趙 | Lao, Kuan, Tiu, Teo, Liu, Guan, Zhang, Zhao
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ”¾å‹³å ‚è¯å®—總會 | Philippine Lao Too Family Association – 劉, 社, 陶, ç•™, 侯, å”, 范, 凌, 伊, 士, ç¥, 姬 | Lao, Too, Tuo, Hao, Tang, Fan, Ling, Yee, Shi, Qi, Ji, Liu, Haw, Tong etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±å…è˜å ‚宗親總會 | Philippine Liok Lan Foundation Inc. – è•, é¾, ç« , 葉, æž—, 沈, å°¤ | Sio, Chung, Chong, Yap, Lim, Shen, Yu etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ½˜æ°å®—親總會 | Pua’s Family Association – 潘 | Pua, Pan , Poon etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±è‘£æ¥Šå®—親總會 | Tang-Yu Foundation Inc. – è‘£, 楊 | Tang, Yu etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ·±æ»¬æ½å·é™³æ°å®—親會總會 | Philippine Chim Ho Tan’s Association – 陳 | Tan, Chen etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ²³æºå¼µé¡åŒå®—總會 | Philippine Tiu Gan Family Association – å¼µ, é¡ | Tiu, Gan, Zhang, Yan etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±å¯¶æ¨¹è¬æ°å®—親會 | Sia Family Association of the Philippines – è¬ | Sia, Xie etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ›¾ä¸˜å®—親總會 | Chan Cu Association of the Philippines – 曾, 丘, 邱 | Chan, Cu, Qiu etc
æ—…è²æ¸…真五姓è¯å®—總會 | Ching Shen Family Association – 金, ä¸, 馬, 白, éƒ | Kim, Ting, Ma, Pe, Que, Jin, Kwok etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±éŒ¦ç¹¡èŽŠæ°å®—親總會 | Kim Siu Ching Foundation Philippines Inc. – 莊 | Ching, Zhuang etc
æ—…è²æ±¾é™½éƒæ°å®—親總會 | Hun Yong Que’s Family Association – éƒ | Que etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±æœ±å€ªå®—親會 | Philippine Chu Gue Fraternity, Inc. – 朱, 倪 | Chu, Gue, Ni, Zhu etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±å’¸é™½äº”姓è¯å®—會 | Ham Yong Fraternity Inc. – é, 馮, æ¢, ç•¢, è¬ | Wee, Hong, Niu, Man, Wei, Fong, Liang, Bi, Wan etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±å®‹æˆ´å®—親總會 | Philippine Song Te Family Association, Inc. – 宋, 戴 | Song, Sung, Te, Tai etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±èšæ›¸ä¸æ°å®—親總會 | Philippine Ting’s Family Association – ä¸ | Ting
è²å¾‹æ¿±ç›§æ±Ÿä½•æ°å®—親會 | Philippine Ho Family Association, Inc. – 何 | Ho
è²å¾‹æ¿±æº¯æºå ‚ | Soo Yuen Benevolent Association, Inc. – é›·, æ–¹, 鄺 | Lui, Hong, Kuang etc
è²å¾‹æ¿±å—陽葉æ°å®—親總會 | Yap Fraternity Inc. – 葉 | Yap, Ye etc
æ—…è²é›é–€ä½˜æ°å®—親會 | Philippine Sia’s Family Association – 佘 | Sia
æ—…è²ç”„湯ä¸å±±æœƒé¤¨ | Chung Sun Woi Kwon – 甄, 湯 | Yan, Tang
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ¸…æºç•™æ°å®—親會 | Philippine Chin Guan Lao Family Association Inc. – ç•™ | Lao
è²å¾‹æ¿±æ¸¤æµ·é«˜æ°å®—親總會 | Philippine Pudhai Fraternity Inc. – 高 | Gao
References:
1Wikipedia contributors. "Family association." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 18 Oct. 2009. Web. 28 Jan. 2010.
2Wikipedia contributors. "Chinese clan association." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 21 Jan. 2010. Web. 28 Jan. 2010.