INTRODUCTION:

The origin of Hanna family emanated from the progency or descendents of an Arab  Yemenite tribe (Al-Gassasinah) who embraced or adopted the Christianity and emigrated to Saudi  Arabia and from there to East of Jordan and resided at Karak & Shobak  villages.

The above Arab tribe is spread in Lebanon, Palestine and Syria .

The story or the historical emigration to Palestine and how Hanna arrived to Rama  village in the Galilee and resided there; this story is appended hereunder:-

Hanna and his four brothers who resided at Karak & Shobak villages in East of Jordan  were proprietors of planted lands with wheat and barley.

Another five brothers used arbitrarily to pasture their sheep & goats' herds in the  barley of Hanna and his brothers' land. One day of a drought or aridity year, the  arbitrarian brothers allowed to their sheep & goats' herds to pasture the wheat  instead of the barley. Hanna and his brothers got wildly agitated and asked them to  pasture their sheep & goats' herds in the barley , but the arbitrarian brothers  refused their suggestion.

As a result of this behaviour, Hanna and his brothers conferred and decided  to shoot them to death a day after , and this what happened and the five arbitrarian   brothers fell dead.

Hanna and his brothers were displaced to different places in Palestine and Syria  as follows:-
 One was displaced to Syria and his news were disconnected , another resided at Taybeh  village of Ramallah district, the third brother resided in Jaffa town (unknown), the  fourth resided in Gazza town and his family is titled the Jewellers, and the last  fifth brother named Hanna resided at Rama village in the Galilee.

Since the year 1948 part of the family moved to Lebanon, U.S.A. ,Australia, Egypt, Switzerland and  France spread as follows:-

Part of the descendents of Yaacoub the son of  our first grandfather  Hanna and  specifically the priest Father Yaacoub Hanna Yaacoub El-Hanna who left Rama    together with his family resided and died in Beirut in Lebanon .The son of his  brother Ayoub whose name is Fouad left Rama to Lebanon and from there to the U.S.A.

The late Moussa Issa Suliman Ayoub El-Hanna also moved together with his family to  Lebanon and died there. All his sons: Wajeeh, Hanna and Issa together with their families are  residing in the USA. His sister-in-law named Turkieh Yaacoub Hanna wife of Suliman Issa Hanna  together with her daughter Nawal are residing in Jordan.
 The two sons of Suliman Issa Hanna: Issa and Nabil are residing in the USA, their father died and  burried at Rama.

The late Suhail Nasser Raji Nasser Ibrahim El-Hanna is the only son from the  descendents of Ibrahim - son of Hanna the founder of the family who moved to Lebanon  and from there to Olympia city in the U.S.A. where he died . His brother Samir Nasser Raji Nasser  Ibrahim El-Hanna stayed at Rama and after 1948 by several years, he travelled to the USA to  complete his academic studies there. He has two houses one in Seattle and the other at Rama moving  in between. Besides, the elder cousin of Suhail and Samir, the late Michael Kamel Raji Nasser  Ibrahim El-Hanna moved together with his family to Perth city in Australia where he resided and  died there.

The five sons of Khalil Daoud Khalil Daoud El-Hanna who died in Haifa city also  emigrated to Perth city in Australia.

The late Karam Habib Youssef Hanna moved together with his family to Lebanon and  after decades of residence there, paid a visit to his origin Rama ,died and burried  in it. His son Sohail died in Lebanon, Ziad resided in Cairo, Walid resided in the  US.A.  and  his daughter Lamis resided in Lebanon.

The sons of Najib Habib Youssef Hanna moved to:
 Kamal in Lebanon, Jamal in the U.S.A.,and Fouad died in the U.S.A.

Sabri Badea Hanna is residing in Switzerland, Elham Habib Shukri Hanna is residing in France, her  brothers Muneef and Shukri are residing in Australia, while Afeef her third brother died in the  USA.

Elias Shukri Yaacub El-Hanna left Rama in the year 1948 after the demolishion of his house by the  Israeli army, resided in Lebanon where he died. His son Samir left Lebanon and resided together  with his family in the USA where he died.

The rest of all brothers and their descendents of the above-mentioned remained at Rama village.

(For more detailed information about the Family and its history you can see the data below)

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HANNA  FAMILY  TREE – THE  ROOTS, HISTORY & ITS RESIDENCE  AT  RAMA VILLAGE OF THE GALILEE

First Research:- 
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 The name of Hanna the 1st founder of Hanna family who resided at RAMA village in the Galilee  is: Hanna Yaacoub Hanna EL-SAYEGH.

Revealing the names of Hanna four brothers –founder of our family at Rama may lead to their  descendands' residences a matter which is considered to us as more important than to the  preceeding  great grandfather El-Sayegh, being more closer to us, notwithstanding the research  after  El-Sayegh, is  also very important to us.  
 Therefore,I've started in my research after Hannas brothers' names and addressed my questions to  our relatives in Gazza, Lebanon and those from Taybeh of Ramallah district and especially after  the person who started to form their tree ,but unfortunately he left to the U.S.A. & the contacts  with his relatives from Taybeh failed to trace his telephone number or his E/Mail. The other two  sources to discover Hanna four brothers' names also did not succeed or were unknown to them  according to their records.

Therfore, relying on the fact that one of the four brothers of HANNA who displaced his residence &  resided in Ghazza is from El-Sayegh family to whom we've got acquainted, and being the website  master of Hanna tree ,I have started my recent research specifically in the year 2010 after El- Sayegh family to whom we relate &  in order to prove that Hanna is coming  from the same family El- Sayegh .

Through my contacts with one of the very known notables of a Jordanian village of the El-Sayegh    family whose roots go back also to El-Ghasasena Yemenite tribe, I've discovered a very old  tree   painted  & drawn on the wall of his house by his great grand- fathers which can be seen in the  above tree photo.  This tree was photographed  & brought to me, and after checking its contents ,  the conclusion was that there are several names similar to our grand fathers as:  Yaacoub, Hanna, Nasser, Ibrahim,  Youssef,Suliman & Moussa.

Due to the non-continuity of these names(it seems that the descendants did not follow  up )  inorder to put it UP-TO-DATE, therefore, I could'nt consider it as authenticated vis-à-vis the  coincidence of Hanna's full name mentioned before coming from El-Sayegh family.

Due to the above reason ,the tree was added in the website as subsidiary not fully      authenticated text, for perusal although it is very possible that we relate to it, and I shall try  to prove that in my second research.

Second Research:-
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 It is important to mention that in my last contact to one of Jaffa citizens of "EL-SAYEGH"   family , who was the person who led me to the owner of their family tree in Jordan, he clarified  the following:-

1-The name of their family El-Sayegh as a craft was not practiced by his family in  Jaffa nor by their grandfathers in Syria ,as well as, their relatives El-Soyyagh from Gazza.  It is a very old name before his father left Syria to Jaffa leaving El- Sayegh family there.

2-He also added that they relate to El-Sayegh old family from Gazza , as a proof to this  information ,he informed me that in the year 1948 part of their family in Jaffa town joined to  live with the same family of El-Sayegh in Gazza who are our relatives too.

3-It is worthwhile to mention that his brother had told me that their first great grandfather's  origin was not Syria but Jordan.

4-In my introduction I've mentioned that two Hanna brothers resided at Taybeh of Ramallah district  and the other in Gazza named El-Soyyagh. We've got acquainted to both who had narrated the same  story of their emigration from Karak&Shobak villages in Jordan, as mentioned in the  introduction ,while the two others who resided in Jaffa town and in Syria were unknown to us.

5-You can see the coincidence of the information stated in the above three paragraphs together  with the El-Sayegh family tree of Jordan  added as a separate text in the left side of the  introduction  & by studying thoroughly the branches of this tree , you can observe that one of El- Sayegh posterity  named "MARWAN" emigrated to Gazza.

Furthermore, my conclusion didn't stop at this point and in my third research, I shall clarify  more and prove our relation to El-Sayegh family tree of Irmemeen in Jordan.

Third Research:-
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 In order to prove that we relate to the Jordanian family tree of  Irmemeen village, I ought  to  prove that El-Sayegh family from  Gazza  to  whom  we  relate  is  coming  from  the  same  roots,  especially  , as  said   before  MARWAN  EL-SAYEGH who  appeared  in  it resided  in Gazza, and  after  proving this, I can say that  this  evidence is  authenticated.

(For   your   information   all   the   names   ,  E/Mails  &  mobile   telephone   numbers    of   the   under-mentioned   contacted   persons    has  been   typed   &    reserved   separately  in   my records& appear in the Arabic text of the tree as reference &evidence for me and for all the  Hannas).

It is important to mention that in my contact to one of Jaffa citizens and as a conclusion of this  fact mentioned in the first paragraph above, I've  contacted one  of  El-Sayegh  family  in   Gazza  who  informed  me  that  he  together  with   his   father   have  visited  Irmemeen    village   in  Jordan  in  the   year  1997  in   order  to  participate  in  the  wedding    celebration   &    party   of    his    brother   there.   His   father   assured   to  him    that   they   relate   to  the   same   family  El-Sayegh  of  Irmemeen   &  coming   from   the   same  roots, therefore, he invited them to his son's  wedding ceremony & party.

He added too, that as far as he remember, the number of the brothers who displaced their residence  from Jordan were four or five brothers: part of them resided  in  Palestine   ( i.e. Taybeh  of  Ramallah  district, Gazza & Rama ), while the others resided  in  Syria  (Belad El-Sham) &  Lebanon, this last  one mentioned  ,is probably the father  or grandfather  of  the five brothers  from whom the information of Irmemeen family tree was  reported .   
 Notwithstanding  our acquaintance  to one of El-Sayegh family of Gazza as stated before, the   above   information  is  considered   an  authenticated  evidence of   our  relation   to  Gazza   & Irmemeen  El-Sayegh family, as one,and emanating from the same root.

Despite this fact, it was not considered  by me as fully authenticated evidence, therefore, I've    transmitted  to  him a  letter  through  his   E/Mail  attaching  to  it  El-Sayegh  family  tree   of   Irmemeen  ,   requesting  him  to check   with  the   oldest   man  of  their   family   confirming  to me  in writing  that "MARWAN"  EL-SAYEGH   who  appears  in  this  tree  is  their   first  great grand-father who resided in Gazza as shown in this tree.

On the 7th of October,2010, a  reply  to  my  E/Mail  was received  by  him  confirming  the   above story in writing, adding that regarding  Marwan's  authentication  request,  he  has   forwarded my question together with the said tree to the oldest man in his family  whose  age  is   85 years & mayor  (Mukhtar) of   the   Christian  community in  Gazza   in  order  to   transmit  to  me  his  answer  through  his  son's  E/Mail  and  this is  in case  he  knows  or  heared  from his ascendants about Marwan's emigration to Gazza. It Is worthy to mention  that  there  is  one family  named EL-Sayegh in Gazza.

This son mentioned in the above previous paragraph, is the second person from Gazza's El-Sayegh  family with whom  I've phoned up. He  also  assured  that  they  relate to Irmemeen El-Sayegh   family, and  had visited them together with his father El-Mukhtar  of  the Christian community in  Gazza mentioning that even there is a spring named "El-Sayegh Spring".

It is  worthy to  add too that the age of  the information in  Ermemeen family  tree  ranges  between  500-600 years, therefore and  although it is  very clear as shown in this tree   that "MARWAN " was the  only  and  the first  person  whose  destinated   residence was Gazza,  it   will   be  difficult   to   prove that  he  is   their  first  Great  Grandfather ,  except    if   this information had been mentioned & passed from grand fathers to their sons &/or  if  it  was registered  in their records.   In  my second   telephonic  conversation  with  the  Mukhtar's  son, he expressed  his doubts  whether  his old father can afford an authenticated  answer, being  sick and of weak memory, but he is doing all his best and endeavors in refreshing his memory in  order to obtain the required authenticated answer.

Therefore, all the previous  telephonic conversations and the evidences in writing through my   E/Mail   have  sufficed  me  to be  fully  convinced  considering  them  as  authenticated  information.

The  estimation also  is that the person who left  Syria  in  the year  1930 heard  from  his   old  grand fathers  of  the occurance of one of their  relatives  who  resided  there & of  the   story  of  the displaced five brothers mentioned before in my introduction, which is considered  the reason of choosing Jaffa as his new residence.

In order to prove this estimation, I've contacted on the 14th of October,2010 the same son of the   person  who  resided  in Jaffa  in   1930 & who died   ,   this  son  confirmed   again   their   relation to  El-Sayegh  family  in  Gazza, as  well  as ,  his  acquaintance to  Father  Youssef   El-Sayegh  from Jordan , whose story of repeated visits to the late El-Khoury Yaacoub El-Hanna  will be stated in the following paragraphs and under the heading "Hanna & El-Sayegh relation to El- Ghasasena", also assured  that   the Archbishop  of Amman   originally  from   Irmemeen   named    Salim  El-Sayegh   is  known  to him and   both  are their  relatives  and  came  from  the  same   root.

Furthermore, I've initiated on the 20th of October ,2010 another telephonic conversation for the  first time with the eldest brother of the two mentioned  before , who added a very important  information said: " El-Sayegh brothers who  had displaced their residence in Jordan (the reason of  which was mentioned in the introduction&which  was not reported to him),were worried from the  revenge of the Emir who relate to the killed  brothers being from his tribe.

Besides ,he pronounced  an estimated date of his story saying: "This event is before 200-250  years, a date which coincided with my estimation of Hanna's residence at Rama i.e.(1750  approximately). These  two information  coincided with the story & timing of the five brothers  mentioned in the introduction and recruited  the fact that  their great grand father is the  brother of Hanna the first.

He also believe that El-Sayegh family in Nazareth emanate from the same origin & part of them had  changed their surnames due to their old history  and the increase of their posterity , exactly  as  we did.

The   above   information  and research   leads  to  an  authenticated conclusion that El-Sayegh  family from:  Rama i.e.(Hanna), Taybeh of  Ramallah  district, Gazza,  Syria, Jaffa, Irmemeen  &  even Lebanon emanated  from  the  same root  of  El-Ghasasena & of  the  same origin & are  therefore relatives relating also  to Irmemeen  family tree.

My research was not ended  or stopped at this point for the following reason: I have approached to 100% &even  possibly to the full proof that the persons with  whom  I  contacted from  Jaffa   are the  descendants of Hanna's brother who resided in Syria, this is  in  addition to  my father's discovery of Hanna's brother who resided in Taybeh of Ramallah district  & the story of the five brothers  which was reported by them to my father  which led me  to  continue & achieve these important  researches& the third brother was discovered by my brother who  met one of Gazza's  Sayegh  chaps in the year 1967 in Tiberias, thus proving the discovery of  three of Hanna's brothers'  descendants   i.e.( 4 out of 5 brothers ) & remained to prove the  present residence of the descendants of Hanna's brother  who  resided  in  Jaffa in the middle of   the eighteenth  century   according  to  my estimation.

For  proving  this, I have  contacted  one  of  El-Sayegh family of those who  displaced  their   old residence in  Jaffa   in  the  year  1948 ,as   stated   before   , and   resided  in   Ramallah town.

His age is 65 years, claimed  that they did not reside in Jaffa, but they are relatives to El- Sayegh family from Irmemeen in Jordan and to El-Sayegh family in Gazza, his cousin Salim Amin El- Sayegh is residing at El-Khanouk quarter in Nazareth while the  son of this last mentioned is  residing in Jaffa.

A very important declaration was pronounced by him ,when he assured that their origin is from  Karak& Shobak villages in Jordan, but before interrupting  our talk, he directed me to contact one  of his relatives of El-Sayegh family from Ramallah 95 years old & who is  still in his full  conscious & memory & have a very old book about their  historical origin being  more  well- informed than himself.

Therefore, I've contacted this old person& in this conversation,  the questions which were raised  through his daughter's E/Mail are as follows:-

1-What is the estimated year  of his  first great-grand father who resided in Jaffa?? Answered: " My full name is :Sobhi Khalil Jubran Mikhael Youssef Nasser Sayegh MARWAN Ayoub SAYEGH  the eldest Great Grand Father who relates to EL-SAYEGH old Tribe.  We left Irmemeen and resided in  Nazareth in the year 1792 &before hence in the year 1578 five brothers left Syria to different  places from them one to Lebanon & the well-known MARWAN (see Irmemeen tree) resided in Gazza- Palestine. My Grand father Mikhael  left Nazareth & resided in Jaffa in the year 1934 & in the  year 1948 we left Jaffa to our present residence in Ramallah.

About Youssef the father of Mikhael &in my telephonic conversation with him of the 8th of  December,2010 , his records cannot reveal whether he had resided in Jaffa in the Middle of the  eighteenth century ,especially he is equivalent to our HANNA the 1st in the series of names,  because I wanted to know the residence of the descendents of this last brother of Hanna the 1st  who resided in Jaffa according to the story stated in the introduction , probably he is the one  Iam searching to be Hanna's brother.

2-In which country or town he resided originally  before his residence in Jaffa?? Answered: "  Irmemeen  in Jordan ".

3-Is it a craft that he had practiced, or it is an old name? Answered: " No . It is a very old name and according to the story of  our history written in a  book which I own, a person who lived with one of El-Ghasasena kings in the fifth century  who was  literate in composition was writing   to the king his letters &delivering to him  the  address or  speech , as this custom was conducted in this era. This   person  became  very  close  and   familiar  to the  king who subjoined  him  to  his dependant collaterals, therefore, when he was  absent from the king's  sessions he was asking : "where is El-Sayegh ?".

The meaning of the person who literates composition in Arabic  is Sayegh   i.e. "Yasougholkalam  "  and according to the English dictionary  it means "to coin the word". This information was one of  the most important that I have received in order to prove that the name Sayegh had no  relation to  the word jewler or to jewelry as a craft ".

4-Is  his  family the relatives to El-Sayegh families of Jaffa & to the persons  who came from  Syria with whom I've proved their  relation to us , to Irmemeen in Jordan , to Taybeh of Ramallah  district & to Gazza (all of El-Sayegh old family) ???

Answered : Yes and this had been explained in the previous paragraphs i.e. Jaffa's ,Ghaza's,  Syrian who followed their relatives in Gazza,Nazareth &Ramallah's Soyagh all declared their  relation to each others as relatives coming from the same root and to Irmemeen in Jordan.

5-Is the Archbishop  of Amman  Salim El-Sayegh originally from Irmemeen and Father Youssef  El- Sayegh  of Jordan are from his same origin and are his relatives ? Answered: It is obvious from the preceding research  that "YES" they are from the same root and  relatives.

In all  the previous  researches including this one  , we conclude the following:- Rama, Taybeh of Ramallah district, Jaffa, Nazareth, Ramallah, Syria, Gazza, Irmemeen and Lebanon  all are relatives and coming from Yemen and from El-Ghasasena famous tribe.

CONCLUSION:-
 Notwithstanding my non assurance to trace the descendants residence of Hanna's brother who  resided in Jaffa in the eighteenth century and is left to the meeting surprises which may lead in  future to the fact we are searching for  , but this conclusion leads to the assured fact that all  El-Sayegh families including  the very big American community of El-Sayegh & in other countries in  the world,that only those who are not coming from El-Sayegh word in its meaning as Jewlery, are  relatives and are coming  from the same root as mentioned before.

HANNA and EL-SAYEGH relationship to El-Ghasasena:-
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 It is worthwhile to mention too that the information about HANNA Family origin being coming from    El-Ghasasena tribe of Yemen, was heard & repeated  by our fathers &  grandfathers at our present    residence RAMA & from  the late Father Yaacoub  El-Hanna , whose records revealed that :  "the     priest named father Youssef El-Sayegh from  Jordan was visiting  him at RAMA  , as well as  , in BEIRUT & was repeating all the time that we are from their family".     
 Furthermore ,his said references assured that we emigrated from Yemen & our roots  actually   emanate from El-Ghasasena tribe.

It is worthy to add also that El-Sayegh i.e.( the Jewelers ) as a craft was not practiced after    they had displaced their residence to Ghazza  ,but it was a very old name before ,and this  phenomenon can be verified  when detecting in their mentioned tree and in the above mentioned  telephonic conversations and researches which are considered as enough proof to this historical  and assured relation to the El-Ghasasena Yemenite Arab tribe of Yaaroub Ben Kahtan.

After I've expatiated elaborately about the recent history of Hanna the 1st whose expected  residence at RAMA was on the middle of the 18th century, compared with a very old history of his  1st origin, I have to go back from date of his expected birth about 15 century to his roots of the  Yemenite tribe of EL-GHASASENA from whom he descended or emanated from, clarifying in brief their  history.

EL-GHASASENA  OR AL-JAFNA  I.E.THE KIN OF JAFNA:-
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 The meaning of the Arabic word Ghassan is: " the vigor or prime of youth & the very beautiful   face ,while the meaning of the Arabic word the kin of Jafna is:  "the family of grapevine", but  the real reason for their name "EL-GHASASENA" is as follows :-

After the eruption of Ma'areb barrier in the year 300 A.D. , they emigrated to the north and  resided in Tohama in the southern side of the Semi-Arabian Island near a water spring  named "GHASSAN" .

It is a Yemenite original progency who abandoned its land after the overflow of Ma'reb barrier in  the third century ,when most Arab tribes moved to the north starting from Saudi-Arabia  & from  there settled in (Horan-Syria) ,East of Jordan ,Phoenician Lebanese land &in  Palestine.

These four countries were named in the ancient times "BELAD  EL – SHAM  i.e. The   lands of SHAM (EL – SHAM is the second name of Syria's capital DAMASCUS).

They embraced or adopted the Monofozia Christianity in the 5th century & acted in the Byzantian  Army or the Roman Eastern Empire Army whose old capital was Byzantium or Constantinople named  after the Emperor Constantine & today named Istanboul & (EL-ASETANA before it was named  Byzantium) .They  defended the Syrian borders.

Their most famous king is AL-HARETH BEN JABLA(529  -  581)who fighted AL-LAKHMEYYEEN on Haleemeh  Day & killed their famous king AL-MONTHER the 3rd AL-LAKHMEY son of MA'A ESSAMA i.e. Sky's water  (514-554).

The kings or Emirs of El-Manathera of El-Ghasasena kin are four: The most famous of them is AL- MONTHER the 3rd (569-581) who fighted AL-LAKHMEYYEEN & after he defeated KABOUS son of EL-MONTHER  the 3rd Al-Lakhmey mentioned before in the battle of Ein–Abagh in the year 570 ,he burned their  capital El-Heera in the year 580.
 He was exiled by the Byzantians to Sicily.

It is worthwhile to mention that  El-Ghasasena are one of  the  most  famous  pure Yemenite  origin of  El-Areba  Arab tribes  of  El-Kahtani'een  &  this in  addition  to  El-Adnani'een  both composed most of the Arabs starting from the Arab Bay up to the Atlantic ocean.

El-Ghasasena  emanated from Amr Ben Mazen from El-Azd tribe who is subdivision of Kahlan sept from  the Yemenite  Southern  tribe  of  El-Kahtani'een. This  Kahlan tribe  is one  of  four septs of   Ya'arob Ben Kahtan from whom the Arabs' name came.

THE MONOFOZIA BELIEF:-
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 It is a Christian heresy or unorthodoxy belief developed in the 5th century and  Professed in one  nature of JESUS CHRIST. Its important leaders were OTEEKHA from Constantinople & Deyosforos from  Alexandria.
 This Monofezia was excommunicated  by the Chalcedoinian Ecumenical Synod & its belief had been  rectified or put in order by Saweeros from Antakia.

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SEARCH OF THE ABOVE TOGETHER WITH ALL NAMES & PARTICULARS  OF  HANNA FAMILY TREE WAS  CONDUCTED, 
 RECORDED & TYPED  BY: THE   WEBSITE  MASTER OF   HANNA FAMILY TREE : AWAD F.HANNA- RAMA ,WESTERN  GALILEE .
 ENTERED TO THE INTERNET BY: NIZAR AWAD HANNA .