• General Notes

  Atallah is the first known person with whom the Abou Rjeily Family started in the 17th century in Mount Lebanon.
  He is the son of Nasr and Nasr is the son of Merjan. Nasr has a brother called Nader from whom descend the two families: Nader and Berberi.
  
  Merjan belongs to one of the Christian families who came from Hawran (Now in Syria) to Kesrouan (Mount Lebanon), then to Jbeil (Mount Lebanon) after the Islamic conquest in the seventh century. His family settled down in Barbara for a long period of time in order to preserve its beliefs.
  
  At the beginning of the seventeenth century. Atallah moved to the Ktéléh village in Metn (in the valley between Metn and Aley), which was one of the feudalities of the Lamaï princes, and precisely prince Murad el-Lamaï.
  
  Atallah got married and had four children: Elias, Farès, Yaghi and Dib.

Details of Atallah's family