The Progenitor of the Kovačevići brotherhood is Jovan Kovačević, they came from Jajce, Bosnia in the 1500-1600s and settled in Zaslap, and the Grahovo field.
[1] Some of the brotherhood moved to Nevesinje, Gacka, Stolac, Mostar, Zhupanje, and Lijevna.
In Grahovo there were 9 brothers which settled, they built the Saint George Archangel Church.
Today there are several hundreds of houses in Montenegro with origins from this brotherhood.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Vujačić, Marko A.