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Incheon Yi clan
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Marriage between people with the same last name and place of origin has been traditionally forbidden, but today's legal definition of inter-clan marriage is narrowed to those within second cousins in order to minimize the potential constraints incurred by the traditional ban.
Kim is the most common Korean surname, comprising about 20 percent of
the Korean population.
The two largest Kim clans, the Kim family of Gimhae and the Kim family of Kyungju, are descended from semi-mythological characters who lived two thousand years ago. *For reference, Gimhae or Kyungju is the name of the region where Gimhae city and Kyungju city of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. *The American pronunciation of Gimhae is Kimhae, but it would be correct to write same as the name of the Gimhae city. *The Korean pronunciation is Gim(沿), but when used in foreign countries, most of them use Kim(鉄).
Gimhae Kim, Gimhae Heo and Inchon Lee (Yi), these 3 clans associate their Bon-gwan (geo-biological lineage roots) to Gimhae in South Gyeongsang Province of Korea, and these clans place restrictions on marriage with each other due to the shared ancestors. Today, the Gimhae Gim clan is the largest clan group among them.
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