Stomper hopes to trace long-lost Peranakan relatives after grandfather distanced himself from family for loveA man is appealing for help to trace his long-lost paternal relatives, hoping to uncover a side of his family that has remained a mystery for decades. Stomper Andrew said his grandfather, Ee Yam Hee, was born in Singapore in 1906 into what he understands was an affluent Peranakan family. However, family lore has it that Yam Hee distanced himself from his family after marrying Andrew’s grandmother, whom he met while travelling in either Guangzhou or Hong Kong. “From what my father and paternal aunt told me, my grandfather distanced himself from his family so as not to subject my grandmother to the expectations of marrying into a Peranakan family,” Andrew told Stomp. What he has been told is that Yam Hee was the youngest child of a wealthy Peranakan family and enjoyed a privileged upbringing.