Heritage isn’t always visible. Sometimes, it’s tucked into a memory, a phrase, a piece of jewelry that reminds you who you are.
I’m Jennie Yoon, Founder of Kinn and a Korean-American daughter of immigrants. My parents didn’t come here with much, but they built a life—one full of sacrifice, love, and tradition. And like so many families, they passed down what they could in the form of keepsakes: jewelry that carried meaning, not price tags.
When their home was broken into and those pieces were stolen, it felt like losing a part of our history. Not just the gold, but the stories—the things you can’t insure or replace.
That loss is what gave life to Kinn. Not to recreate what was lost, but to start again. To build new heirlooms that carry meaning from this generation to the next. Jewelry that reflects not just style, but identity. At Kinn, heritage is the quiet heartbeat behind everything we make. It’s in the way we design, the way we speak—intentionally and with deep respect for where you come from.
In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, we’re proud to now offer engraving in five Asian languages: Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai, and Chinese.
Because language matters. It connects us to our roots, our loved ones, our sense of belonging. It’s the difference between something beautiful and something yours. We’ve always believed personalization is how jewelry becomes more than jewelry. And this is one more way we’re making space for even more stories to be told—across generations, across cultures, across time.
Heritage isn’t just what we inherit. It’s what we choose to keep alive.