Catharina van Paliacatta, SM/PROG - Alternative Data After Merges

Afaik, location in the name of slaves from India indicates the location where they were acquired by the Dutch, not necessarily where they were born.

True.

But if we use it as an origin point then later, with a lot of luck , descendants' DNA tests might confirm the likelihood that they came from that region.

Birth Location Pulicat, Coromandel Coast, Tamil Nadu, India OR Palacatti, Bengal Pulicat, Coromandel Coast,, India

Death Date between December 1682 and February 1683 OR
after 1683

Birth Location Pulicat, Coromandel Coast, Tamil Nadu, India OR Pulicat, Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India