Members of the Galo community in Arunachal Pradesh can recall the name of their ancestor from 20 generations ago i.e. right up to the founder of their clan. This is made possible by their system of naming. Now they have developed a Genealogical website for record-keeping, with some names hyperlinked.
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The Galos belong to the Tani group inhabiting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, besides Tibet.
Galos are one of the 26 major communities of Arunachal Pradesh. They dominate West Siang, Lepa Rada and Lower Siang districts in Arunachal Pradesh and have a big population in East Siang, Upper Subansiri and Namsai districts too.
They trace their common origin to a primeval ancestor, Abotani. But unlike the Mising (Assam), Adi, Apatani, Nyishi and Tagin, the other communities, only the Galos maintain genealogy through given names.
They have a system of prefixing the second syllable of a father’s name to that of a son, who passes on the suffix in his name to his son. thus, they can trace the names of ancestors from the first syllable or prefix of our names.
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