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Welcome to the Ishaq family web site

This web site is dedicated for members of the Ishaq family. The Ishaq family originated from the Arab kingdom of the Ghassanids. Most of the family members currently live in Beit Sahour, Palestine.

There are a few different spellings in English for the family name. The most common spellings are:

  • Ishaq
  • Ishak
  • Isaac

Ishaq Family Tree

This page will include the Ishaq Family Tree. Our family tree project currently contains more than 500 individuals. All Ishaq family members are kindly requested to help build up our family tree. If you have information that you like to include in the family tree, please send by email to tree@ishaq.com. To protect privacy, only information about deceased people will be published.

Ishaq Family History

The Ishaq family originated from the Arab tribes of the kingdom of the Ghassanids. The Ghassanids (Arabic: الغساسنة) were a group of South Arabian Christian tribes that emigrated in the early 3rd century from Yemen to the Hauran in southern Syria, Jordan and Palestine where they intermarried with Hellenized Roman settlers and Greek-speaking Early Christian communities. It is believed that the Ghassanids left the city of Marib in Yemen due to a flood in the early 3rd century.

Notable Persons of the Ishaq Family

The Ishaq family included and still includes many notable persons, who played a great role in developing there communities.

Following is a brief list of a few notable Ishaq family members:

  • Banayot Ishaq
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