How many children did Genghis Khan have? | Life Story
Channel: Generals in History
Date: 2022-07-27

Khan sometimes referred to as the "Super Father," is said to have fathered several kids with various women. Khan is said to have fathered hundreds of children. With his first wife Börte, he had at least four acknowledged boys and five acknowledged daughters.

The Mongol warrior is said to have had 500 secondary brides, so while the precise number of offspring he sired is unclear, it may have been quite high.

What percent of the world is related to Khan?

The same Y-chromosome pattern was found to be shared by 8% of men across 16 distinct Asian ethnic communities in 2003, according to evolutionary biologist Chris Tyler-Smith.

This pattern was linked to a common ancestor who lived around 1,000 years ago, and in order to have such a large number of descendants, it is believed that this origin, or person, must have had a very large number of sons.

Since the first Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan is known to have fathered a large number of children in this region, historians and geneticists believe he is the source of the chromosome.

According to the research, roughly 8% of males in the erstwhile Mongol kingdom had essentially identical Y chromosomes.

That is equivalent to 0.5 percent of the worldwide male population or roughly 16 million living descendants.

At the time of his death in 1227, Genghis Khan's empire extended across Asia from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea.

Mongol conquerors would kill people in the regions they took, and harems and concubines were common.

Raping, pillaging, and looting was commonly regarded as war spoils, with Khan men getting the first pick of beautiful women in newly acquired territories

Khan's eldest son, Tushi, reportedly had 40 sons.

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