Kariapper Family Archive
Interactive Family Tree
Trace the authenticated family line from ALK through his children and 41 grandchildren.
Public tree · Generations 1–3Generation numbering begins with ALK as Generation 1. His children are Generation 2, and his grandchildren are Generation 3. Expanded branches beyond Generation 3 are available only to signed-in, verified family members, according to their approved family relationship.
Understanding KID (Kariapper ID) and KSID (Kariapper Short ID)
KID (Kariapper ID) and KSID (Kariapper Short ID) are unique genealogical identifiers created by Sadiq Kariapper for numbering descending family lines. Both describe a person’s ancestral path from ALK.
How KID works: starting from ALK, each segment records a child’s birth order and gender: y = male and x = female. For example, ALK.1y.4x identifies ALK’s first child (male), followed by that person’s fourth child (female). Birth order is counted among all children of the relevant parent, including children from different marriages.
How KSID works: KSID expresses the same ancestral path in a shorter form. Its first two digits show the generation, counting ALK as Generation 1. The letters that follow begin with A for ALK. Each subsequent letter combines birth order and gender: A/a = first child, B/b = second child, C/c = third child, and so on. Uppercase letters indicate male and lowercase letters indicate female. Letter case is therefore part of the identifier.
For example, KID ALK.1y.4x becomes KSID 03AAd: 03 means Generation 3, the first A represents ALK, the second A represents his first child (male), and d represents that person’s fourth child (female). ALK himself is 01A.
KSID also provides a convenient way to organise family members by generation, ancestral branch and birth order. Its generation prefix and compact lineage notation make genealogical sorting straightforward.
A person can have more than one ALK ancestral path and therefore more than one corresponding KID or KSID. These paths belong to the same person’s record. The paternal path is primary under this archive’s convention. A maternal path is provisional as the primary path while the father’s ALK status is unknown. The separate dID records birth-order paths without the gender letters.
Origins and development: KID extends the d’Aboville numbering system, developed by the French genealogist Jacques d’Aboville in the 1940s, by adding gender to each birth-order segment. KSID builds on this approach with a more compact notation: its first two digits identify the generation, while a single letter for each descendant generation conveys both birth order and gender through its position in the alphabet and its uppercase or lowercase form.