Akar Nusa / All peoples / Ceylonese Tamil

Peoples of Malaysia

Ceylonese Tamil

1 storyComing soon 1

Coming soon

The great migrations · Coming soon

Ceylonese Tamil: clerks and teachers

Sri Lankan Tamils filled railways and schools.

1880 to today

Places in these stories

KLIpohJaffna

Family lines linked in these stories

Family lines are shown here only where a published study links them to this community. None is linked yet.

DNA does not decide who anyone is. It does not show race, religion or any legal status. Every community tells its own story first, and we tell the DNA part with respect.

Laboratory standards

Our DNA tests are run with our laboratory partners. These are the standards they work to.

What each standard covers