53,794 views
What does genetics say about the origin of the Rurikovichs? Is it true that every tenth inhabitant of Central Asia is a descendant of Genghis Khan? Does an ordinary person have a chance to become the ancestor of an entire nation? Doctor of Biological Sciences, head of the laboratory of genomic geography of the Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Pavlovich Balanovsky talks about the genetics of dynasties. Broadcast of the program from 10/29/2016 The issue is dedicated to the memory of Oleg Pavlovich Balanovsky (1977-2021) The editors of the Proshloe magazine thank Polina Arzamaskova for her help in preparing the video You can become a subscriber to the Proshloe magazine and support our projects: https://proshloe.com/donate / @proshloejournal https://proshloe.com/ / proshloecom https://vk.com/proshloe_com https://ok.ru/proshloe.com / proshloe.journal https://t.me/proshloejournal 00:00 Introduction 03:08 Genetic research on the Y chromosome 04:36 Research of the Rurik dynasty 10:42 Genetic Rurik and genetic Yaroslav 16:09 How genetics confirms and refutes genealogical data 19:14 "Descendants" of Genghis Khan 30:08 Argyns 34:00 The Mystery of Richard III's Tomb 39:33 "Descendants" of the Prophet 44:39 The Longest Dynasty in the World 45:48 Does Every Person Have a Famous Ancestor?