Munhwa Yoo clan


The Munhwa Yoo clan, also known as the Munhwa Ryu clan, is a Korean clan.
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Background

In the 2015 South Korean census, 237,314 individuals identified themselves as part of the Munhwa Yoo clan, and 90,313 individuals identified themselves as members of the Munhwa Ryu clan, with a combined total of 327,627 members.
Yu Ch'a-dal, the founder of Munhwa Yu Clan, was born in Yuju, Hwanghae-do in North Korea. He was received the title of Daeseung as a merit subject at the founding of Goryeo dynasty in the beginning of the 10th century. He supported Wang Kŏn by supplying Wang's armies with military carts.
The Munhwa Yoo clan has been referred to as one of the 4 great families during the Korea Dynasty and the 8 noble families during the Joseon Dynasty. Moreover, the family history books of the Munhwa Yu clan, Youngrakbo and Gajeongbo, inaugurated a new standard of the genealogical records with the Andong Kwon Clan Seonghwa etc. in Korean gentries. Those are widely known as world-class literatures on genealogy research, regardless of East and West.

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