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Timur, the infamous central Asian conqueror, also claimed direct descent from Genghis Khan, though this is highly disputed by historians. If true, the Mughal dynasty which ruled much of India for 200 years was also descended from Genghis Khan. | Timur, the infamous central Asian conqueror, also claimed direct descent from Genghis Khan, though this is highly disputed by historians. If true, the Mughal dynasty which ruled much of India for 200 years was also descended from Genghis Khan. | ||
Many genetic researchers have attempted to infer Genghis Khan's haplogroup to determine how many living descendants he and his ancestors have. Zerjal et al. (2003) claimed that 8% of people in "a large region of | Many genetic researchers have attempted to infer Genghis Khan's haplogroup to determine how many living descendants he and his ancestors have. Zerjal et al. (2003) claimed that 8% of people in "a large region of Asia" were likely descended from Genghis khan, 0.5% of the world's total population. <ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1180246/</ref> This finding has been hotly disputed however, and recent evidence (Wei et al. 2018) could find no evidence that the universal ruler himself belonged to this haplogroup. | ||
==Dark triad commentary== | ==Dark triad commentary== | ||