In 1968, the Maldives has changed her form of government from a monarchy to a republic. Since then, the Maldives has being a republic. This change was an essential effect on people's interest on genealogy

Former monarchies are an indissociable part of any country’s history and traditions: that is why we are undertaking this unique compilation of royal dynasties and aristocratic families of the Maldives.

Unlike the Maldives, most modern countries acknowledge the historical status of their former ruling families, at least informally, as an indissociable part of their identity.

"The princely hereditary status of the members of the former sovereign families is an essential individual right, like the surnames or the first names, that can not be removed, even by the national law."