the article mentions that Ghengis Khan's sons and grandsons were known to have many, many children, with many many wives and concubines, and genetic testing reveals 16 million people living today have the identical y chromosome of one man that lived 800 years ago. It is believed this man was Ghenghis Khan.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...4_genghis.html
Quote:
Genghis Khan a Prolific Lover, DNA Data Implies
Hillary Mayell
for National Geographic News
February 14, 2003
Genghis Khan, the fearsome Mongolian warrior of the 13th century, may have done more than rule the largest empire in the world; according to a recently published genetic study, he may have helped populate it too.
An international group of geneticists studying Y-chromosome data have found that nearly 8 percent of the men living in the region of the former Mongol empire carry y-chromosomes that are nearly identical. That translates to 0.5 percent of the male population in the world, or roughly 16 million descendants living today.
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Keep in mind, this is just the MEN. There would logically be just as many women who are his direct descendants.
And these are just direct lineage descendents. There would be many, many more, indirect descendants.