The residents can be divided into two groups. The first group are families who immigrated from mainland China during the Qing dynasty. They now consist of five major clans. Lin Hsiu-ying herself is a descendant of Lin Ching-tun, patriarch of the 100-year old Orchid Heights Estate.
居民分兩類：第一類是清朝由大陸移民來台的在地人，有五個家族，林秀英本人就是擁有百年古厝「蘭陵居」林清敦的後代。