Posted by John Quay (210.48.147.2) on March 02, 2008 at 21:37:51:
In Reply to: Re: history about my surname posted by Jim on February 15, 2002 at 05:08:51:
see my earlier posting today.
official source
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People with the surname Guo are a branch of Duck Guo's family which is the blood relation of enfeoffment of initial stage of the Western Zhou Dynasty of Zhou kingdom. They are also offspring of Emperor Huangdi.(shih hwang di) Their enfeoffment lies in important geographical locations.
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Moreover, there is another branch of people surnamed Guo, who live in Liaocheng where there has been the enfeoffment of ancient Guo State. These people surnamed Guo are also a branch of Emperor Huangdi's family.
Meanwhile, it is also an important source of surname Guo that the minority and people with other surnames change their family names to the surname Guo.
By People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/31/eng20060831_298418.html
Kok mostly hakka
Kwok, Kuok, Guok mostly cantonese and fuzho
koay, quay kuay, kueh hollien, teochew
I am quay , fuzhou but my granma teochew ( chaozhou, shantou)
You may be a descendant of an emperor but all these are transient. it will pass. we can be a child of eternal King.