When it comes to ancient feared warlords, Genghis Khan has to be right up there as being one of the names that would appear on your list. But what are your chances of being related to him?
Surprisingly enough, the chances are about 1 in 200, and it is all to do with the appearance of a particular chromosome in the population. Okay, so this is actually a bit of a stretch, as we are primarily talking about Asia, but it still works out at 0.5% of the total population of the world.
With this, we are talking about a Y-Chromosome that has been traced back in its lineage to the area of Genghis Khan over 1000 years ago. Also, his body has never been found, so we don’t know for certain if it is linked directly to him, but it is still something pretty cool to tell the grandchildren.