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The origins of Adarnase are disputed amongst modern historians. [[Marie-Félicité Brosset]], who studied the Caucasus in the 19th century, believed that Adarnase came from a cadet scion of the [[Bagrationi dynasty]], the family that was already governed several other Georgian territories at the time.{{sfn|Brosset|1849|p=279}} According to this version, Adarnase was a descendant of a younger brother of Prince [[Guaram I of Iberia]], himself the founder of the Bagrationi dynasty according to medieval chronicler [[Juansher Juansheriani]].{{sfn|Brosset|1849|p=279}} However, this version of the origins of the Bagrationi family is rejected by modern genealogists, who make Guaram and his brothers member of the [[Chosroid dynasty]], an ancient royal dynasty of [[Kingdom of Iberia|Iberia]]. Brosset himself believed that Adarnase may have been a descendant of the cadet branch of the Chosroids that may have inherited Eastern Georgia in the [[5th century]].{{sfn|Brosset|1849|p=279}}

However, modern historians assume that Adarnase was a local prince, maybe son of [[Grigor Hamam]],{{sfn|Chorbajian|1994|p=61}}<ref name="Atlas">Hewsen, Robert H., ''Armenia: A Historical Atlas''. [[The University of Chicago Press]], 2001, pp. 119, 163.</ref> a powerful prince in the region and heir to the [[Mihranids|Mihranid dynasty]], the family that governed [[Caucasian Albania|Albania]] and Eastern [[Armenia]]. Adarnase could thus be a member of three potential houses: the Bagrationis, the Guaramids, or the Mihranids. The Albano-Armenian theory is mostly accepted today, Adarnase being the first independent sovereign of Hereti, which was most likely an Armenian territory beforehand and followed the [[Monophysitism]] of Albanians and Armenians instead of the [[Orthodoxy|Christian Orthodoxy]] of the Bagrationis.{{sfn|Brosset|1849|p=279}}

SomeHistorian Armenianand historiansan giveexpert Adarnaseon the ancient history of the South Caucasus, [[Robert H. Hewsen]], considers Atrnerseh and his father as members of a purelybranch of the Armenian origin[[Siunia dynasty|House of Syunik]].<ref name="Atlas" /> Based on this version, he was the son of Grigor Hamam, himself a grandson of the Armenian noble [[Sahl Smbatean]], who governed a principality in the [[Karabakh]].{{sfn|Chorbajian|1994|p=60}} Sahl Smbatyan may have been a descendant of the Armenian family of the [[Aranshahik|Arranshahiks]], which disappeared in the [[4th century]] at the hands of the Mihranids.{{sfn|Chorbajian|1994|p=60}} Another, less accepted version treats Sahl Smbatean as a member of the [[Siunia dynasty|Siunid princely family]].{{sfn|Chorbajian|1994|p=60}} No matter which version is true, the descendants of Adarnase remain known today as the Sumbatishvilis (Georgian translation of "Smbatean", or "children of Sumbat").

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