Some urban-dwelling Niens have a deeper understanding of their Jurchen ancestry. Nien Tsung-ming, an attorney who serves as director of the Manchu Heritage Association, in fact considers himself not a "Manchu," but rather a "Jurchen."
有些居住在都市的粘氏族親，對粘氏為女真後代有比較深刻的瞭解，如現任滿族協會理事長的律師粘聰明，就認為自己其實不是「滿人」，而是「女真人」。