My father showed me a list of names, the sheet was nearly 50 pages long. It started off with basic Somali names, sida loo waday, "abu something" ayaanbo galnay. Abu Shamama Abu talala Abu kafala. I;m like,Lool you think that's bad? Bro my mother and father are Isaaq and they casually do their abtirsiin to Abdul mutaleb (prophets uncle) infront of the family
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I know my mum's on both sides of her family. I know some of the ayeeyos (abooto) but not as many as 5. You're amazing for knowing that many.
Family has been in the South since the early 1800s and the only interest I had in knowing my g-g-grandmother's clans was to make sure there was no Irir or Sab blood in my family. siilaanyolaugh Thank god there is none.![]()
He ain't dir, wasaq xuun.
We only live east coast. Darod live kismaayo and af madow
I assumed his ancestors were from Bari and Dir do live there. They intermarry a lot with my subclan.
Which surre? Abdalla?
elaborate plsI'm proud of my Irir blood. You lost out on some amazing genetics.