Former Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her elder brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who also used to be Thailand’s Prime Minister, went on a family trip to Meizhou city, Guangdong province on October 31.

As the fourth generation of Chinese immigrants in Thailand, the family of Yingluck and Thaksin was originally from Taxia village, Fengshun county of Meizhou city. They are descendants of the Chinese ethnic minority group the Hakkas.

The sister and brother visited their relatives in the village and then worshiped their ancestors.

Thaksin Shinawatra also had a root-seeking trip to Meizhou in 1995.