Hello, I got your message and I don't know how much I can help you. I am not Lebanese. My ancestors came from Bohemia. In doing some of my research a lady from California whose husband had researched the Smaha family said that originally the Smaha's came from a Scandinavian country. I don't remember which one. They left on a ship and docked somewhere and some went inland and some went on to Lebanon. I am very vague on this and don't know how factual I am but this is what I was told. At one time I sent letters to all of the Smahas that my sister could find on the internet and from the replies, the Smaha's of Lebanese descent were more in the southern United States. I'm sorry I can't be of more help. I have had contact with a man in Czechoslovakia who has done research there. His great grandmother was a Smaha. I haven't worked on this for some time but hope to get back to it again in the future.