Absolutely! Stories of jinn ancestry are quite common. Whole tribes like the Banu Silat are said to descend from jinn-human pairings—the ancestry is said to grant the humans unique abilities like skill in hunting, healing, metalsmithing, and magic
Jinn ancestry has ambivalent connotations that carry both prestige and an element of othering
One legend for example says the Kurds are descended from the jinn of Solomon and human women. The claim both marks Kurds as different from Arabs but is also a point of pride
Even today there are some families with their own legends of jinn ancestry
Additionally there are family lines who are not descended from the jinn, but who hold some sort of relationship with the jinn where the beings are said to be custodians of the family through the generations
Because the jinn are long living, such pacts, contracts, and alliances are passed down from generation to generation
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