A 2015 study showed that ten other men have a lot of descendants. The paper is just one of several genetic studies revealing the secrets of descent.
121 months ago

A groundbreaking historical genetics paper reported results which indicated that a substantial proportion of men in the world are direct line descendants of...
175 months ago

The fertile warlord's Y chromosome is said to be all over the world, but that claim can be traced to an early study since supplanted.
7 months ago

The first American to be able to claim descent from Genghis Khan has been discovered. He is Thomas R. Robinson, an associate professor of accounting at the...
225 months ago

Genghis Khan has over 16 million descendants today — but he's not alone. 10 other men have massive genetic legacies ... Since a 2003 study found...
8 months ago

Back in the late 1990s, a team of international geneticists researching the genetic history of a number of Asian populations stumbled across...
120 months ago

Large numbers of Asian men -- potentially hundreds of millions of them -- possess the genetic markers that link them to 11 powerful, dynastic leaders.
120 months ago

As many as 0.5 percent of the world's male population could be descendants of Genghis Khan, the famously fecund warrior who ruled Mongolia...
121 months ago

About 1.5 million men in northern China and Mongolia may be descended from a single man, according to a study based on Y chromosome genetics.
233 months ago

Several companies now claim that for as little as $100 and a swab of the inner cheek, they can reveal a person's family tree and ancestral homeland.
209 months ago