Our well-beloved mother, Christine Nguyen, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2008, due to cardiac arrest.  According to her wishes, she was cremated on Thursday, March 27, and her ash was released into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, March 31, 2008.  Our mom was accompanied on her final departure by all her children and granddaughters, Melody and Sabrina.

Congratulations to Cousin B�i Anh Quốc Charlie and L� Anh Th�y Enya on their forthcoming marriage on September 8, 2007, in Garden Grove, California.  Charlie is the son of Aunt Loan & Uncle Qu�, and Enya is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L� Đức Tiến.

  Tony and his friend, Julio, won 4 skins with 3 to play against Chuck and Albert at the Black Gold golf course in Yorba Linda, California, on June 3, 2007.

  Teresa's paternal grandmother, Toki Nakai, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2007, due to vasculitis.

Congratulations to Cousin Clifford Dương Nghiệp �ỉnh and L� Như Qu� on their marriage on October 14, 2006, in Fountain Valley, California.  Clifford is the eldest son of Aunt Cẩm & the late Uncle Biểu Dương, and Qu� is the eldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L� Quang Lộc.

Congratulations to Albert and Teresa on the birth of their first child, a baby girl named Sophie Anne Nguyen, on August 28, 2006.

A recently published textbook includes this website's text excerpt containing the Nguyendo etymology and a photo illustrating some Vietnamese traditional wedding outfits.  Please click on these thumbnail images of Jane Hanser's THE GRAMMAR HELP! STUDENT HANDBOOK, ISBN 1-932560-69-6, for details:

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Original Paternal Genealogy in Ancient Vietnamese Script

Lunch Place Randomizer

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