The surest way of discovering a family's ethnic origins is to look into its kitchen.

判断一家人种族背景的最准确的方式是查看厨房。

But her family origin is Sri Lankan Tamil.

但她的家庭血统是斯里兰卡泰米尔语。

Recently, finding out more about our family origins has become popular.

最近，了解更多关于我们家庭起源的信息变得流行起来。

Lacking the advantages of a proper family origin, there were essentially only two career options open to him.

由于缺乏出身的优势，他的职业选择基本上只有两种。

But her mother isn't ethnically Malaysian, so she points this out: But her family origin is Sri Lankan Tamil.

但她的母亲不是马来西亚人，所以她指出：但她的家庭血统是斯里兰卡泰米尔人。

Some Australians feel a sense of shame about the existence of British convicts in what is now Australia; others do not want to investigate their families' origins, for fear that they could be descended from criminals.

一些澳大利亚人对英国囚犯在现在的澳大利亚存在感到羞耻；其他人不想追究他们家族的出身，生怕他们是罪犯的后代。