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Sihaloho
Simalungun / Toba · Simalungun · Toba Highlands
Also known as: Haloho
A Simalungun / Toba lineage recorded as a submarga of Sinaga and Silalahi.
About Marga Sihaloho
The Sihaloho family is part of the Simalungun / Toba kinship world. In Batak tradition, your marga is more than a surname — it is a key to tarombo, marriage custom, and belonging.
Note: Names like Simalungun, Toba, Karo, Mandailing, Angkola, and Pakpak are Batak ethnic groups, not marga. Your marga is the clan name (for example Damanik or Sinaga under Simalungun).
Submarga relationship
Sihaloho is recorded as a submarga of Sinaga and Silalahi. In Simalungun tradition, clan identity flows through the four principal morga (Damanik, Saragih, Purba, Sinaga) — not through the ethnic name Simalungun.
Tarombo notes
- 01 Lineage is typically traced through the father (patrilineal marga system).
- 02 Marriage within the same marga is traditionally forbidden by adat.
- 03 Women keep their birth marga and are often identified as boru Sihaloho.
- 04 As a submarga of Sinaga / Silalahi, kinship rules may follow the parent marga in local adat practice.