Research by Yitzhak Ben Zvi in 1928 also suggested that three out of the six hamulas (or extended families) in Yatta belonged to the Makhamra extended family which possibly descended from a Jewish Arab tribe.
Ben Zvi's investigation in 1928 found that approximately one-third of the six hamulas in Yatta were part of the Makhamra extended family, possibly tracing their ancestry back to a Jewish Arab clan.