Genghis Khan's DNA is everywhere
Approximately 16 million men alive today are direct descendants of Genghis Khan, a testament to his empire's vast reach and his family's prolific lineage.
An astonishing 1 in 200 men alive today, roughly 16 million people, are direct descendants of Genghis Khan. Geneticists traced a unique Y-chromosome lineage originating in Mongolia about 1,000 years ago that spread rapidly across Asia.
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