Ashkenaz

Ashkenaz ("Name means::a fire that spreads") was the eldest son of son of::Gomer and brother of brother of::Riphath and brother of::Togarmah, according to.

Descendants
Y-Chromosomal Haplogroup I1; now largely supplanted by R1b which originated in Abraham.

His descendants settled originally in Sogdiana and under King Madyes conquered what is now Armenia. Other early sources confirm their place of settlement in what was later to become Pontus and Bythinia, where the peoples of Ashkenaz gave their name to the lake and harbour of Ascenius, and to the district of Ascenia. Somewhat more tentatively, perhaps, they are also said to have give their name to the Axenus or Euxine Sea (the modern Black Sea), on whose shores they first settled. Josephus tells us they were subsequently known to the Greeks as the Rheginians. Since his father went "toward the east" (Book of Jubilees 9:8), it makes sense to associate him with the "Asii" or "Asioi" in the Tashkent and Tashkurgan regions in Central Asia. Askabad is a town in Central Asia and another is Askhapas well as Mt. Kashkatur, the nomadic Turkic tribe called Kashkai or Qashkai, and the Kashkadarya River may have a connection to Ashkenaz. In Tibet is the city of "Chahsikang." The names "Eskimos" and "Kaskas" bear a slight resemblance also. "Eskimo" is a corruption of the Ojibway "Ashkimeq." Another name for the Shawnee tribe is Sacannahs. The name "Ashkenaz" may be taken as a compound word meaning "race of As," or Asia. The Targum Jonathan also renders the name as Asia. Ashkenaz likely gave his name to Asia Minor where we find Lake Ascania (indicated by ) before moving into southern Russia and further into western Europe, where his descendants remain to this day.