Gimhae Kim clan
The Gimhae Kim clan (Korean: 김해 김씨; Hanja: 金海 金氏) is one of the Korean clans. This clan traces their origin to Suro of Geumgwan Gaya. King Suro was the founder of Gaya confederacy, and his descendant, Kim Yu-sin is renowned for unifying the Silla polity. It was considered a commoner surname.[2]
More than six million present day Koreans, especially from Gimhae Kim, Heo and Lee (Yi) clans associate their Bon-gwan (geo-biological lineage roots) to Gimhae, in the South Gyeongsang Province of South Korea,[3] and these clans place restrictions on marriage with each other due to the shared ancestors. Today, the Gimhae Kim clan is the largest clan group among them.[3] The Gimhae Kim and Gimhae Heo clans, descend from the two sons of King Suro where the latter used their mother, Queen Heo Hwang-ok's surname, instead of their father's.
One of the dominant branch of Gimhae Kim clan is Samhyunpa-branch.
Origin
The Gimhae Kim clan's founder, according to legend, was King Suro, whose wife was the legendary Queen Heo Hwang-ok.[4]
Heo Hwang-ok bore 12 children. Two of them were given her surname, and they were the origin of the Gimhae Heo clan. According to the Samguk Sagi, Kim Yu-sin was the 12th grandchild of Suro.
References
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- ^ Paik, Christopher (2014). "Does lineage matter? A study of ancestral influence on educational attainment in Korea". European Review of Economic History. 18 (4): 433–451. doi:10.1093/ereh/heu015. ISSN 1361-4916. JSTOR 43299739.
- ^ a b Academy of Korean Studies 김해김씨 金海金氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Literature: Encyclopedia of Korean Folklore and Traditional Culture Vol. III. The National Folk Museum of Korea (South Korea). 2014-11-27. ISBN 978-89-289-0084-8.