Akar Nusa / All peoples / Jawi Pekan

Peoples of Malaysia

Jawi Pekan

1 storyComing soon 1

Coming soon

Mixed communities · Coming soon

Indian-Malay mixed families: Jawi Pekan and Mamak

Descendants of South Indian Muslim traders and Malay women.

1500 to today

Places in these stories

PenangKL

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