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You’re not the only one.

Being Thai by family can feel like a club where you never got the handbook. You follow every word at dinner, then go quiet when it’s your turn. Your cousins are lovely and you still can’t quite get past the small talk.

Turns out a lot of us have the same stories. This is where they live.

An illustrated young woman sits on her bed in a snowy northern city, a half-packed suitcase of Thai snacks and a jasmine garland beside her, a portrait of her grandmother on the wall.

Stories and guides

We’re writing these one at a time, and we’d rather get them right than get them out fast. The newsletter tells you when each one lands.

  1. Famous luk khrueng: half-Thai stars, sourced

    Tiger Woods, Alex Albon, Chrissy Teigen, Mario Maurer and more: well-known people with a Thai parent, each with a source for their Thai family link.

  2. Half-Thai creators: authors, cooks, musicians, podcasts

    Half-Thai and Thai-by-family authors, chefs, musicians and podcasters who talk about mixed Thai life, each with their own public words on their heritage.

  3. Thai Chinese families: history, identity and home

    Who Thai Chinese people are, why so many Thai families have Chinese roots, what luk jin means, and how being both Thai and Chinese shows up at home.

  4. The Thai family LINE group: what to reply, and when

    Why Thai families live on LINE, what the good-morning flowers mean, stickers, voice notes, forwarded health tips, and how to reply if your Thai is shaky.

  5. Thailand on UNESCO's living-heritage list, sourced

    Khon, Thai massage, Nora, Songkran, tom yum kung and the kebaya: every Thai tradition on UNESCO's living-heritage list, with years, and Muay Thai's status.

  6. Why does my Thai sound like my mum? Polite vs casual Thai

    You learned Thai from your mum and aunties, so it comes out polite. Why that happens, why it isn’t wrong, and the small switches that sound your age.

  7. What does luk khrueng mean? Half Thai, ลูกครึ่ง, explained

    The word, where it comes from, and the many ways people live it.

  8. I called my boss “auntie” and everyone froze

    Thai coworkers the same age, polite Thai in every sentence, and the long quiet that followed.

  9. Growing up half Thai: life between two homes

    The trip back every other summer, the second life you lead there, and cousins you love but can’t go deep with.

  10. Doraemon in Thai, Fan Chan: what we grew up with

    Thai-dubbed anime, Fan Chan, SuckSeed: the shared memories nobody at school understood.

  11. Should my kid go to Saturday Thai school? An honest look

    Saturday Thai school, honestly: what it gives, what it costs, and what to do if they hate it.

  12. Luk khrueng bingo: a card of half Thai life

    “Where are you really from?” Free square. A card to share with the group chat.

  13. Luk khrueng who made it their own

    Profiles of people building lives across both sides, in their own public words.

    Coming soon

Say it in Thai

Try one now

The question every Thai family asks at the door. It means “hello” as much as it means lunch.

กินข้าวหรือยัง

gin khaao rue yang

Have you eaten?

Literally: “eat rice or yet”

In Thai families, this is how love sounds.

Draft: waiting for a native speaker’s review.

Practise replying to this in Reply Thai, coming soon to iPhone.

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