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Research into the origins and early history of the Hungarians has attracted extensive domestic and international attention. Despite intensive research, several key questions, such as the origin of the leading dynasty, the House of Árpád, have remained unclear and are still the subject of theoretical debate today. The problem is primarily the small number of written sources that serve as the starting point for research and the credibility of the data described in them. However, thanks to dynamic technical development, archaeogenetic research has also been involved in the investigation of the origins of the early Hungarians and prominent families in the last decade. In recent years, one of the main directions of our research has been the investigation of the origins of our state-founding dynasty, the House of Árpád, using the so-called Y-chromosomal haplogroup and whole genome analyses. The main material of the investigations was the royal burials unearthed from the area of the Szőző Mária provostship in Székesfehérvár, i.e. the extremely mixed bone material preserved in the Ossuary, potentially including the anthropological finds of many of our Árpád and mixed-house kings. In my presentation, I present the results of this research direction so far, supplemented by which other ruling families we are investigating at the University of Szeged.