Yeongwol Eom clan
CountryKorea
Current regionYeongwol County
FounderEom Im-ui
Connected membersUhm Hyun-kyung
Yoo Ah-in
Uhm Ji-won
Um Hyo-sup
Uhm Tae-woong
Uhm Jung-hwa
Um Hong-gil
Ohm Ki-young
Um Aing-ran
Uhm Bok-dong
Websitehttp://www.eomssi.or.kr/

Yeongwol Eom clan (Korean: 영월 엄씨; Hanja: 寧越 嚴氏) is a Korean clan. Their Bon-gwan is in Yeongwol County, Gangwon Province. Their founder was Eom Im-ui. Eom Im-ui (hangul: 엄림의; hanja: 嚴林義) was a descendant of Yan Guang. He was dispatched to Silla as an envoy with Sin Gyeong, the founder of the Yeongsan Shin clan, who was sent to Korea by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, during the reign of Gyeongdeok of Silla.[1][2]

The Korean American actress Jamie Chung, who has maternal ancestry from Yeongwol County, is a descendant of the Yeongwol Eom clan.[3]

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References

  1. Academy of Korean Studies 영월엄씨 寧越嚴氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  2. Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 18 via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
  3. "Far from Home". PBS.
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