Medieval culture was full of rulers who boasted having a highest and mightiest ancestry. Genghis Khan, despite of him having stayed in Asia and a conqueror and father of conquerors ("barbarians") received his share of also European medieval dynasties whose legends maintain them to descend from Genghis. Some genealogical projects have put great efforts to track verifiable genealogical lines from Genghis to modern-day Europeans. Genghis Khan (c. ...

Genghis' four sons and relatives are known by names and some even by deeds. There are a lot of traceability of his descent in Central Asia, though of course quite many later rulers wanted to claim such descent even with flimsy grounds.

In several genealogical branches however, valid sources all but dry up.

In addition to the Khanates and other descendants, the Mughal royal family of India are also descended from Genghis Khan (Babur's mother was a descendant). Timur Lenk claimed to be a descendant. For the Star Trek character see Khan Noonien Singh. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Zahiruddin Babur, or Zahir-ud-din Mohammad Babur (February 14, 1483 – December 26, 1530) (Persian: ظﮩیرالدین محمد بابر, also spelled ) was the Muslim Emperor who founded the Mughal dynasty of India. ... For the chess engine Tamerlane, see Tamerlane. ...

Russia

Petty principalities of Mongols in Russia and of Russians themselves have had descendants of Mongol invaders upon their thrones, and many of them are or can have been descended directky from Genghis. Later Russian princely class had several families with attested or alleged Genghis blood.

Basaraba

One princely dynasty who claimed descent from Genghis has been the Basarab of Valachia, what today is a remarkable part of Romania. Basaraba princes have a somewhat attested founder of their male line, a bojar called Toctamir (Thocomerius of Wallachia), who has been claimed to have been a son or grandson of Batu khan, the Mongol conqueror of Russia whose descent fromhis grandfather Genghis however is possibly untrue, as Genghis' eldest son's paternity was in doubt also in the knowledge of Genghis himself. Some descendant (or more) of the Basaraba moved to the neigboring Hungary, and it has been quite convincingly argued that countess Claudine de Rhedey has been a descendant of the Basaraba rulers. This makes Mary of Teck, a recent UK queen, and her issue, as their descendants. That includes Queen Elizabeth II. The Basarab dynasty was an early Romanian dynasty which had an important role in the establishing of the Wallachian Principality. ... This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania. ... Batu Khan (c. ... Mary of Teck Mary of Teck (26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953), later Queen Mary, was the Queen Consort of George V of the United Kingdom. ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...

DNA evidence of patrilineal descent

Zerjal et al [2003] ^[1] identified a Y-chromosomal lineage present in about 8% of the men in a large region of Asia (about 0.5% of the men in the world). The paper suggests that the pattern of variation within the lineage is consistent with a hypothesis that it originated in Mongolia about 1,000 years ago. Such a spread would be too rapid to have occurred by diffusion, and must therefore be the result of selection. The authors propose that the lineage is carried by likely male-line descendants of Genghis Khan, and that it has spread through social selection. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Schematic drawing of the effects of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane. ... Selection is hierachically classified into natural and artificial selection. ...

References

1. ^ Zerjal et. al, The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols, American Journal of Human Genetics, 2003.