So this article only name drops Giocangga and says the other 9/10 men are a mystery. Saved you a click.
kamikazekaktus on
>So, who were the other super-fertile fathers? One genetic sequence is attributed to Giocangga, the grandfather of the founder of the Qing dynasty. His Y chromosome was linked in a 2005 study to 1.5 million men in modern northern China. This large number likely resulted from his descendants taking many wives and concubines.
>The other nine men are currently mysteries. Yet, by assuming they lived in the area where their genomes were most commonly found and by studying mutations in the genetic sequences, scientists suggest they originated throughout Asia between 2100 B.C.E. and 700 C.E., per Nature News.
So it’s mostly a nothingburger. Thx for playing and better luck next time
Ok-Fun119 on
All of our ancestors 300m years ago was the same Fish.
Yokozuna Hakuho. The most winning sumo wrestler of all time. One of the greatest Mongolians and a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
random-gen-22 on
Dad?
mynameisnotsparta on
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. But he isn’t the only man whose reproductive activities still show a significant genetic impact centuries later. A 2015 study published in the European Journal of Human Genetics found that a handful of other men had prolific lineages, too.
The other nine men are currently mysteries. Yet, by assuming they lived in the area where their genomes were most commonly found and by studying mutations in the genetic sequences, scientists suggest they originated throughout Asia between 2100 B.C.E. and 700 C.E., per Nature News.
**I am going to try to find more current research.**
GRootchem on
Those are rookie numbers, Adam and Eve got over 5 billion.
insufficience on
All Hail Grandmother Cerulean Orbs
parkway_parkway on
Mathematically once you go back far enough everyone is either an ancestor of everyone alive today or their line died out and they are an ancestor of no one.
Ghengis might have influence the gene pool a lot specifically but in the end even the lowliest peasant man will be an ancestor of everyone assuming their genes make it through a few generations.
TernionDragon on
I can put some of that mystery to rest- it’s not me.
EmperorChop2 on
Is Nick Cannon one of the other men?

gregonion on
David Lee Roth
Tony Soprano
Miles Davis
Philip of Macedonia
Ragnar Lothbrook
Captain James T Kirk
…
DZello on
In Quebec, everyone has Tremblay blood.😎
AssociateAvailable16 on
Is the other one Philip Rivers?
Vox_SFX on
It really is wild that most people can’t REALLY conceptualize even the early 1900s/1800s with any scale of time when compared to how they view their present day…yet we look back to B.C.E and try to study or understand mating or even what was happening to create a scale of offspring like that.
philhilarious on
Where did we get genghis khan’s dna to test?
LaPetiteMortOrale on
There is Virtually zero proof that Genghis Khan has all the dependents claimed by so many reports, primarily because no one … No One, knows Khan’s genetics.
His body has never been found. No one knows his genetics. They only know the general genetic make up of the people of his culture.
Period.
Full stop!
No_Size9475 on
Adam has over 7 billion descendants and oddly enough only about 10% look like him!
SwaMaeg on
Seems like genghis khan’s father and grandfather have more though
gargoyled1969 on
King Harald Fairhair had 23 children. I’m sure many Northern Europeans share his blood.
Atheist_3739 on
Nandor has to be one of the 10
Waste_Flight_5498 on
One is Diomedez Díaz for sure
Prize-Ad-1184 on
Nick cannon has entered the chat
True_Blue_88 on
Here are me and my brother making sure our name dies with us.
wats_dat_hey on
How many descendants does Gengis Khan’s dad have ?
It’s heartening that Elon hasn’t joined this list yet.
ThePowerOfStories on
The title is wrong. Genghis Khan has over 16 million *direct male-line descendants*, meaning men whose father’s father’s father’s…and so on…father is Genghis Khan (or, actually Genghis Khan’s father, as Genghis had brothers who rode with him as generals and spread their genetic legacy, as it were). That means there’s 16 million living men with direct copies of his Y chromosome (plus some mutations along the way). If we consider descent by any line, including both mothers and fathers, then something like half the planet, basically anyone with an ancestor in most of Asia, is descended from him in some small way.
30 Comments
They have nothing on my ancestor Eve!
So this article only name drops Giocangga and says the other 9/10 men are a mystery. Saved you a click.
>So, who were the other super-fertile fathers? One genetic sequence is attributed to Giocangga, the grandfather of the founder of the Qing dynasty. His Y chromosome was linked in a 2005 study to 1.5 million men in modern northern China. This large number likely resulted from his descendants taking many wives and concubines.
>The other nine men are currently mysteries. Yet, by assuming they lived in the area where their genomes were most commonly found and by studying mutations in the genetic sequences, scientists suggest they originated throughout Asia between 2100 B.C.E. and 700 C.E., per Nature News.
So it’s mostly a nothingburger. Thx for playing and better luck next time
All of our ancestors 300m years ago was the same Fish.
https://preview.redd.it/ne3fujenpm9g1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=89850e9a7553e9f72c81edeabce1a97d93b97705
Yokozuna Hakuho. The most winning sumo wrestler of all time. One of the greatest Mongolians and a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
Dad?
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. But he isn’t the only man whose reproductive activities still show a significant genetic impact centuries later. A 2015 study published in the European Journal of Human Genetics found that a handful of other men had prolific lineages, too.
The other nine men are currently mysteries. Yet, by assuming they lived in the area where their genomes were most commonly found and by studying mutations in the genetic sequences, scientists suggest they originated throughout Asia between 2100 B.C.E. and 700 C.E., per Nature News.
**I am going to try to find more current research.**
Those are rookie numbers, Adam and Eve got over 5 billion.
All Hail Grandmother Cerulean Orbs
Mathematically once you go back far enough everyone is either an ancestor of everyone alive today or their line died out and they are an ancestor of no one.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm0hOex4psA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm0hOex4psA)
Ghengis might have influence the gene pool a lot specifically but in the end even the lowliest peasant man will be an ancestor of everyone assuming their genes make it through a few generations.
I can put some of that mystery to rest- it’s not me.
Is Nick Cannon one of the other men?

David Lee Roth
Tony Soprano
Miles Davis
Philip of Macedonia
Ragnar Lothbrook
Captain James T Kirk
…
In Quebec, everyone has Tremblay blood.😎
Is the other one Philip Rivers?
It really is wild that most people can’t REALLY conceptualize even the early 1900s/1800s with any scale of time when compared to how they view their present day…yet we look back to B.C.E and try to study or understand mating or even what was happening to create a scale of offspring like that.
Where did we get genghis khan’s dna to test?
There is Virtually zero proof that Genghis Khan has all the dependents claimed by so many reports, primarily because no one … No One, knows Khan’s genetics.
His body has never been found. No one knows his genetics. They only know the general genetic make up of the people of his culture.
Period.
Full stop!
Adam has over 7 billion descendants and oddly enough only about 10% look like him!
Seems like genghis khan’s father and grandfather have more though
King Harald Fairhair had 23 children. I’m sure many Northern Europeans share his blood.
Nandor has to be one of the 10
One is Diomedez Díaz for sure
Nick cannon has entered the chat
Here are me and my brother making sure our name dies with us.
How many descendants does Gengis Khan’s dad have ?
Philip Rivers erasure
[This myth as already been disproved](https://youtu.be/qrPnMEpOuNw?si=1TMfqffzErjmIIyV)
It’s heartening that Elon hasn’t joined this list yet.
The title is wrong. Genghis Khan has over 16 million *direct male-line descendants*, meaning men whose father’s father’s father’s…and so on…father is Genghis Khan (or, actually Genghis Khan’s father, as Genghis had brothers who rode with him as generals and spread their genetic legacy, as it were). That means there’s 16 million living men with direct copies of his Y chromosome (plus some mutations along the way). If we consider descent by any line, including both mothers and fathers, then something like half the planet, basically anyone with an ancestor in most of Asia, is descended from him in some small way.