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TIV GENEALOGY According to oral history, Tiv has two songs namely chongo and pusu. These two sons constitute the two major divisions of the Tiv ethnic group today. The Chongo descendants are are called the Ichongo while the Pusu descendants are the Ipusu. The "I" before the two names entails 'descendants of' or 'children of'. In Tiv language, other prefixes like 'Mba'and 'U' along with the 'I' are used in the naming of clans. These prefixes mainly conotes "descendants of" or "children of". For Instance, Hyarev is an ancestor of the Ihyarev clan(descendants of Hyarev) while Yion is an ancestor of the Mbayion clan( descendants of Yion). Similarly, Tange is an ancestor of the Utange clan (descendants of Tange). These two sons further gave birth to many children that constitute the numerous Tiv clans we have today. ICHONGO LINEAGE The descendants of Pusu are the Ipusu. There are six major clans that constitute the Ipusu lineage. These are also the sons of Pusu. These clans are 1. Ihyarev( located in Makurdi, Guma, Gwer west areas of BENUE state and parts of Awe, Obi, Keana and Doma areas of Nasarawa states. 2. Turan( found in Kwande, Cameroon and Logo[mainly Turan tiev]).  3. Ikurav( the Ikurav-ya group found in Kwande and the Ikurav tiev group located in Katsina ala).  4. Ugondo ( located mainly in Logo local government area)  5. Nongov (Located mainly in Guma local government area and parts of Nasarawa, Taraba states).  6. Masev( found mainly in Gwer East and Makurdi local government areas of BENUE state). The Ichongo descendants are not located in a single continuous terroritoy. It is common to find an Ichongo clan located within a terroritoy occupied mainly by clans of the Ipusu lineage. For Instance, the Ugondo and the Ikurav-tiev clans of the Ichongo lineage are located in Sankera, a geo-political zone or region of the Tiv occupied mainly by big Ipusu clans of Ukum, Shitile and Tongov. IPUSU LINEAGE The clans that constitute the Ipusu lineage are; 1. Shitile ( found in the local government areas of Katsina ala, Logo and parts of Taraba State.) 2. Ukum( located in Ukum and parts of Taraba State.) 3. Tongov( located in Katsina ala) 4. Kparev The Kparev people are numerous and spread over a vast territory of the Tiv land.This is because Kpar their ancestor gave birth to numerous children. The different sub clans that constitute the Kparev super clan are Mbayion, Ipav, Kusuv, Mbatyerev, Mbatyav, Mbakor, Tombo, Mbagen, Shangev, Nanev, Ukan, Utange, Gaav and Kunav. These clans are spread over the BENUE state local government areas of Gboko, Buruku, Tarka, Konshisha, Kwande, Vandeikya and Konshisha. MIGRATION PATTERN OF THE CLANS. Due to different factors and socio-cultural as well as economic reasons, Some Clans with a single ancestor got divided along the way. That is why the Ikurav clan has it members in Kwande as well as Katsina ala local government areas of BENUE state. The Ikurav in Kwande are called the Ikurav ya while those in Katsina ala Local government areas are called Ikurav tiev. Usually the group remaining in the clan's original ancestral homeland is given the suffix 'ya' at the end of the clan name while a segment of the clan that left the ancestral homeland of such clan to other places carries the 'tiev' suffix at the end. So the Ikurav-ya in Kwande Local government areas of Benue state are those staying in the groups ancestral lands while those of Ikurav-Tiev left their ancestral lands and brothers to Katsina ala area. Similarly another single clan with segments living in different geographical regions are the Shangev ( Shangev ya in Kwande and Shangev tiev in Konshisha). Even Smaller sub-clans were also divided during migrations and are absorbed by bigger clans in most cases.