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How many people are descended from Genghis Khan? The history of this factoid goes back nearly 20 years, to a groundbreaking 2003 historical genetics study.
There was power in being direct descendants of Genghis Khan. The monopoly of the commanding heights, which his male line descendants still felt to be theirs by right of their blood, obtained at the heart of his Empire, Mongolia, downed to a very late period.
That man may be a fifth-century Irish warlord dubbed Niall of the Nine Hostages, who could have as many as three million direct male descendants in modern times.
The only way to definitively confirm this theory is to perform DNA testing on Genghis Khan's remains, which is most likely never going to happen, but the geneticists do make a good case that Genghis Khan is the direct ancestor of .5 percent of the world's male population.
Since a 2003 study found evidence that Genghis Khan’s DNA was present in about 16 million men alive at the time, the Mongolian ruler’s genetic prowess has stood as an unparalleled accomplishment.
With the advent of genealogical DNA testing, a larger and broader circle of people have begun to claim descent from Genghis Khan owing to dubious and imprecise haplogroup identifications.
Millions of men bear the genetic legacy of Genghis Khan, the famously fertile Mongolian ruler who died in 1227. Researchers have now recognized ten other men whose fecundity has left a lasting...
Millions of men bear the genetic legacy of Genghis Khan, the famously fertile Mongolian ruler who died in 1227. Researchers have now recognized ten other men whose fecundity has left a lasting...
From the establishment of trade and political stability along the Silk Road to significant contributions to fitting novel genetic variation into the broader central Asian gene pool, the descendants of Genghis Khan have left an indelible mark on world history.
Nearly nine hundred years later, genetic experts estimate that every 1 in 200 men alive today are his descendants. A rival tribe abducted his first wife. During the 13th century, the Mongols...