البوناصر = آل ابو ناصر البونمر= آل ابو نمر The ancestor of the tribe either known by his first name or by his كنيه Kunyah كنيه = his elder son's name proceeded by the word abu=father. If he is known by his first name his children will be known ~+ال just like in English when we say The Simpsons for example. thus a person like my ancestor whose name حمدان his children will be آل حمدان and me I am الحمداني Al-hamdani. Note آل is not the define article الــ no it is light an alternative to قبيلة او عشيرة = tribe. But it came to be used loosely , originally - in the Standard Arabic it means the close relatives of a person .. آل محمد = the family of him But if an ancestor was known by his such person will have آل ابو *** this way the tribe will be known as (the children of the father of someonename) ********** Any correction for my bad English is welcomed.

ذلك صحيح , " البو " تقوم مقام "ال" في العاميه العراقيه تجد ذلك في بلدان عربيه أخرى كبلاد شمال أفريقيا يسمون " ولد " أو " ولاد " هي لفظه تدل على التجمع القبلي المميز كلها تفيد نفس المعني