Growing up with a famous last name such as Alkaff, content creator Hannah Alkaff is well-acquainted with stories from that branch of her family tree. But she is starting to find out that her late paternal grandmother might be related to royalty. It was at her cousin’s recent wedding in KL that her grandmother’s royal roots were highlighted. Her cousin’s wedding kebaya consisted of a piece that belonged to their late grandmother, and Hannah was told that such fabric was used by royalty from Pontianak in West Kalimantan, a province in Indonesia.
That was when she realized that she had never asked how exactly her grandmother was related to the Pontianak Sultanate. Hannah's list of questions grew with her curiosity, and what she discovers will open her up to a whole other branch of her family tree that was rooted in royalty, and completely foreign to her. Her search for more answers takes her to the coastal city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan, her grandmother’s homeland. What will Hannah discover there?
00:00 Who is Hannah Alkaff?
01:42 My grandmother's connections to royalty
04:16 Treasures of a Pontianak princess
08:54 How my ancestors arrived from Yemen
11:59 Visiting the royal cemetery
15:39 Who designed the national emblem of Indonesia?
17:42 My uncle, the Sultan
20:07 Touring the Royal Palace
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