Posted by bensonkwong on August 24, 2000 at 13:15:59:
In Reply to: Possible Asian ancestry (Help would be appreciated) posted by K.L Liems on August 24, 2000
Lin is a popular Chinese surname that is pronounced Lim in the Hokkien province (southeast China), which has many emigrants in various southeast Asian countries. I understand the Carribeans had a significant number of Chinese immigrant population. That might be a possible origin of Liems. The meaning of Lin is "forest."