Unlike many other Chinese migrant lineages, Seng sae Khu and his descendants seem never to have looked back to China. There is no record of any of the family members returning, or even paying a visit. Both Thaksin's great-grandfather and grandfather married Thai wives. Until 1938, they continued to use the family's Chinese name. On 17 october 1938, Chiang's eldest son, Sak, registered a Thai surname he had chosen himself, Shinawatra, meaning "does good routinely" 200 ther descendants of Seng adopted Shinawatra as both a surname and branding for their various silk businesses.