Super Junior Genealogy

 

Eunhyuk actually comes from the royal family, no joke.
I was so bored that I did some research on Super Junior members’ family clans, and came up with some surprising results. Who knew that Eunhyuk, and Heechul too, were actually descendants of old kings?

HRH Prince Eunhyuk

 

Before we go on, understand that only the noblepeople(yangban) could have last names in Korea before Japanese colonization. When Japan colonized Korea, they gave last names to peasants and slaves, and let them choose whichever last name they desired. Most people who belonged to the lower class chose Kim, Lee, or Park as their last names and faked family trees so that they could pass as noblepeople. A lot of slaves chose the last name of their noble masters. 70~90% of Koreans who claim that they have noble blood in them actually don’t.

Anyways, I’m making a dangerous assumption here that all Super Junior members’ ancestors were real nobles. Most SJ members except Hangeng apparently come from famous noble family clans.

How to read the name of a family clan:
Andong(the bon-gwan of the family clan) Kim(the last name)
Ryeowook isn’t related to Heechul just because they share the same last name. The family clan is really all that matters.

 

Leeteuk(Park Jungsoo)- Miryang Park
Ah, the second biggest family clan in Korea. I mean, don’t ask me how many peasants and slaves faked their genealogy back then when Japan colonized Korea. Anyways, if Leeteuk really is a part of this clan, he’s a great-great-great-greatx43850 grandson of Hyeogeose of Silla. So he has a 1/1000000000 drop of royal blood in him; awesome. Micky Yoochun also comes from this family.

part Indian?

Heechul(Kim Heechul), Yesung(Kim Jongwoon), and Kibum(Kim Kibum)- Gimhae Kim
There are so many Gimhae Kims I know, it’s not even funny. Established by King Kim Suro, the first king of Geumgwan Gaya, a part of the Gaya Confederacy(an old kingdom that once existed in the southeastern part of the Korean penninsula), this is the biggest family clan in Korea. Anyways, this proves that the three have some exotic blood in them; in folktale, King Kim Suro married an Indian princess from Ayodhya(don’t ask me how she got there).

His Royal Highness Prince Eunhyuk

 Eunhyuk(Lee Hyukjae), Sungmin(Lee Sungmin), and Donghae(Lee Donghae)- Jeonju Lee(the Royal Family!)
Apparently all the Lees of Super Junior come from the last royal family of Korea. Eunhyuk’s the only one that I’m sure that belongs to the Jeonju Lee clan though. He’s the descendant of Prince Hyoryeong, the intelligent, religious older brother of King Sejong(could that explain why Eunhyuk’s smart and rumored to be religious?) As for other members, I’m not so sure. I have a feeling that a lot of people who claim that they’re part of this clan really have no drop of royal blood in them.

 

Kangin(Kim Youngwoon)- Seongsan Kim
I bet this is one of the smallest Korean clans. There’s literally no information about Kangin’s family clan. If you have any information, leave me a comment with a link or something.

Kyuhyun(Cho Kyuhyun)- Changnyeong Cho
A lot of famous scholars and Korean Nationalists have belonged to this clan. The first Korean family clan ever to use the last name “Cho,” which was actually given to the progenitor of the clan by a king of Silla. Some Changnyeong Chos I know claim that they’re related to Queen Seon Duk(watch the drama ‘cuz it’s awesome!), but the real progenitor of the clan I think is a son-in-law of King Jinpyeong.

Totally Korean!

Siwon(Choi Siwon)- Jeonju Choi
Not to confuse you, but his family isn’t the same as the Jeonju Lee family. The two families might’ve been established at the same region or something, but they’re NOT the same clan. Anyways, Siwon belongs to one of the oldest family clans in Korea- he should be proud of that.

Shindong(Shin Donghee)- Pyeongsan Shin
Um..well, he’s a descendant of a famous general who helped Emperor Wang Gun establish Goryeo Dynasty. His bon-gwan’s actually at North Korea, wow.

Identifying which family clan you belong to is not as important as it used to be, although individuals still take a lot of pride in his/her clan. It’s the 21st century and all of this stuff is just for fun:)

I have no information on Hangeng currently. If you have any information about his genealogy, let me know.

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Learn more about bon-gwan here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon-gwan

So Americans Can’t Like Super Junior?

Don’t Don’ was amazing, minus the faux-anarchist lyrics of Don’t Don’ and the corny, Shinhwa-during-the-90’s-esque sound of Missin’ U. But blond Hangeng? Fake tattoos on Sungmin? *faints*

You can't beat this!

 I should add that picture to my “Hot Blond Asian Guys” article.

Anyways, I was on Youtube as usual, watching old Super Junior videos when I spotted comments saying that Americans don’t understand Asian music because our mentality isn’t compatiable with the Asian counterpart.
I was offended as hell but I didn’t say anything. Just because I was being nice and I didn’t want to hurt feelings of innocent Asian schoolgirls who don’t have the evil American mentality.

First of all, what is the American mentality? Americans come in various forms and sizes. There are Americans who religiously follow Karl Marx’s teachings and there are Americans whose one and only interest is to get the hottest couture from Neiman Marcus. Our culture is a rich blend of cultures from all over the world, which makes it harder to define and generalize what lies in Americans’ hearts.

There is no “Asian mentality” anyway. Asians also come in all forms and sizes, and there is a big difference between an average South Korean and an average Khmer. Heck, Indians and Pakistanis are also considered Asians, and I’m sure as hell that Indian culture is very different from Korean culture. There are Asians who reject mass produced Asian music, aka *cough cough* Super Junior. They must be infected with the evil American mentality now, aren’t they?

Oh well. I’m going to shut up here. I’m an evil American so I shouldn’t like Super Junior. Why am I listening to Love Disease anyway. I should go ahead and turn on some Lady GaGa.

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Racism Against Koreans in Kpop fandom

 

ohmagah soo plastic!!

If a Korean celebrity is skinny, it’s all lipo. If he has full, kissable lips, it’s all lip injection. If he has a prominent nose, it’s all nose job. If he has a pale skin, it’s all too much powder and whitening cream; if he is tan, it’s too much spray tanning. If he has creased eyelids, it’s all eyelid job. If he has an oval face, it’s all chin reconstruction. If she has big boobs, it’s all breast augmentation. If she has big butts, it’s all butt injection.

 Sounds ridiculous to me. But that’s how things go in the world of Kpop fans.

 With websites like AllKpop and PopSeoul, there are more Kpop fans all over the continent of Asia than ever. At first I thought, wow, since more people are listening to Korean music now, there’d be less stereotypes and discrimination against Koreans now. Wrong. Non-Korean Asian fans of Kpop, ironically, labels people of Korean decent(and that includes you and me, Americans of Korean ancestry) and Korean musicians more than ever now. They think Koreans are all plastic.
 
 It’s true that a lot of Korean celebrities have done a job or two, but so have many non-Korean celebrities. In addition, there are many natural Korean beauties out there. However, some non-Korean fans(absolutely NOT all) have gone so far in labelling all Koreans as plastic that they create false, medically untrue rumors such as Korean babies getting plastic surgeries done at birth. Unsourced, unbelievably ridiculous claims such as more than half of people of Korean decent getting plastic surgery also exist too. Even though they claim that they can tell the difference between natural and plastic, they really can’t. Some of those douchebag fans started spreading plastic surgery rumors about an au natural Korean actree, Han Ga-In, because she had almost non-existent epicanthal folds and they thought her nose bridge “started” from the middle. However, she has a small bump on her nose and since she’s actually 1/4 Spaniard, she wouldn’t have supermassive epicanthal folds.

 

 Most of the rumors and hatred are actually surprisingly started by often self-hating Korean-American owned Kpop websites and blogs trying to get some traffic. If you’re so eager for fame and traffic, then exchange links with other blogs and let fangirls take out your articles to AsiaFanatic.com. Well, maybe this is why we Asian Americans, especially Korean Americans are so underrepresented in the mainstream media. Oh well, even reputable magazines such as Marie Claire and Times(also done by race-hating Asian journalists) have labelled all of us as Caucasian worshippers with self-esteem issues. And you whine about that?

 Nobody gives a fuck about Hangeng’s prominent nose or Nichkhun’s huge, round eyes. Maybe that’s because they are not Korean. I actually wrote an article on a forum about a couple of months ago about Kibum(Super Junior) being au natural and still looking uber-cute. All the Asians started attacking me then, stating that Koreans don’t have prominent noses and oval faces; that they were supposed to have flatter-than-flat noses and chubby round faces. What does that tell you? Racism.
 See, it seems to me that those inwardly racist Kpop fans think, or even want all Koreans to have pancake-flat, chubby round faces, slanted small eyes, non-existent nose bridge, small lips, creaseless eyelids, sallow yellow skin, OBESITY, and flat chest and butts for girls. Basically, they want Koreans to look all the same and have all the bad stereotypical Asian features. I’m saying “bad” stereotypical features because they never stereotype us as having silky straight hair or smooth skin. I don’t think that’s fair. Why can all the other Asians have all the diversity they want and not be labelled as plastic?
 
 What’s even funnier is that those racists often cry for their mommies whenever they run into a tougher racist person, for example a Nazi skinhead or a black separationist. They’d be like, “Omg, like, America is like, a totally diverse country like, now! Like omg, stop the hate and stop being so racist!! Oh my gosh!” Hmm, look who’s talking now. Let me tell you this; no other racist person I’ve met labelled all of the skinny members of the race they hated as lipo survivors. Not even Hitler.

The F4 guys

Koreans should now even be cautious about maintaining a healthy weight. Obviously, the racist Kpop douchebag fans who want them to be obese will scream “liposuction!!!” in face of any skinny or average-sized Korean they run into.

Of course, I believe that not all non-Korean Kpop fans are like this. Only some freaks are, right? Oh, come on.

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*Please don’t get offended. I’m absolutely positively NOT saying that all Kpop fans are like this.