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Thaksin's great-grandfather, Seng Saekhu (Qiu Chunsheng 丘春盛), was an immigrant from Meizhou, Guangdong, China, who arrived in Siam in the 1860s and settled in Chiang Mai in 1908. His eldest son, Chiang Saekhu, was born in Chanthaburi in 1890 and married a local named Saeng Samana. Chiang's eldest son, Sak, adopted the Thai surname Shinawatra in 1938 because of the country's pro-Central Thai movement, and the rest of the family also adopted it.[13]
Seng Saekhu had made his fortune through tax farming. Chiang Saekhu/Shinawatra later founded Shinawatra Silks and then moved into finance, construction, and property development. Thaksin's father, Loet, was born in Chiang Mai in 1919 and married Yindi Ramingwong. Yindi's father, Charoen Ramingwong (born: Wang Chuan Cheng), was a Hakka immigrant[14] who married Princess Chanthip na Chiangmai, a minor member of the Lanna (Chiang Mai) royalty.[citation needed]
In 1968, Loet Shinawatra entered politics and became an MP for Chiang Mai. Loet Shinawatra quit politics in 1976. He opened a coffee shop, grew oranges and flowers in Chiang Mai's San Kamphaeng District, and opened two cinemas, a gas station, and a car and motorcycle dealership. By the time Thaksin was born, the Shinawatra family was one of the richest and most influential families in Chiang Mai.[13]
Thaksin was born in San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai Province. He is a Theravada Buddhist. He lived in the village of San Kamphaeng until he was 15, then moved to Chiang Mai to study at Montfort College. At 16, he helped run one of his father's cinemas.[15]
Thaksin married Potjaman Damapong in July 1976.[16]: 38 They have one son, Panthongtae and two daughters, Pinthongtha and Paethongtarn. They divorced in 2008.[17] Thaksin's youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra (Thai: ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร; RTGS: yinglak chinnawat), is said to have entered politics in 2011 at her brother's request as leader of the pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai Party. She was later elected prime minister on 3 July 2011.[18] Thaksin received a doctorate in criminology at Sam Houston State University.[19] Thaksin lectured at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Mahidol University in 1979.[citation needed][20]
根據各大媒體的追踪報導,他信出生於泰国清邁府的一個华人家庭,其父亲來自中國廣東梅州市,而其母亲則來自同省市的梅县区,客家人第四代后裔,这是从留居泰国的曾祖父丘春盛计起的。
2005年初,他信携家人访问中国大陆广东省和梅州市,展开寻根之旅。同年7月,他信以泰国总理的身份,正式访问了广东。2007年10月24日,他信的三位堂兄猜也实、巴威和乌泰,受他信的委托回到塔下村认祖归宗,祭拜祖祠、祖墓,圆了他信家族多年的寻根梦。
他信母亲叫黄金里(又译黄金垒),祖籍中国广东梅县松口镇梅教村(今属梅州市)。2005年7月,时任泰国总理的他信访华时,特地去梅州市梅县区松口镇梅教村看了母亲居住的村镇。