The Lhalu family is a Tibetan noble family who are known in Tibet for producing the 8th Dalai Lama.[1][2][3][4]
From the seventh Dalai Lama to the 14th, seven families had been formed, such as the Lhangdun and Lhalu families
Lhalu's family was not of the "old nobility" in Tibet; it did not, like Apei's (Ngabo Ngawang Jigme), trace lineage back a thousand years to ancient kings. It had produced the eighth and twelfth incarnations of the Dalai Lama and thus attained nobility
The Lhalu family has produced two Dalai Lamas - the 8th and the 12th Dalai Lama – as well as numerous reincarnated soul boys.