Some five thousand years ago, there existed a seven state nation without a king. The elders of the states prayed to the heavens for they were in need of a true leader. After many days have passed, a box descended from the heaven. When the elder opened the box, it contained seven large golden eggs. These eggs soon hatched into seven healthy baby boys. The babies grew into adults within several days and became the seven heads of states to lead the nation. That is how our family name Kim (김 in Hangul, 金 in Chinese), which means gold, came to be.
Well... at least that's what I remember from what my grandfather had read out of first volume of our family's genealogical archives.
NOTE:
The family archive makes no pretense as to it being the absolute truth. It does explicitely state that the story is a legend of our beginning that has been passed down by word of mouth until it was finally written down.
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