biostudies-literatureUnknown29(1)Nagy PLWe set out to identify the origins of the Árpád Dynasty based on genome sequencing of DNA derived from the skeletal remains of Hungarian King Béla III (1172-1196) and eight additional individuals (six males, two females) originally interred at the Royal Basilica of Székesfehérvár. Y-chromosome analysis established that two individuals, Béla III and HU52 assign to haplogroups R-Z2125 whose distribution centres near South Central Asia with subsidiary expansions in the regions of modern Iran, the Volga Ural region and the Caucasus. Out of a cohort of 4340 individuals from these geographic areas, we acquired whole-genome data from 208 individuals derived for the R-Z2123 haplogroup. From these data we have established that the closest living kin of the Árpád Dynasty are R-SUR51 derived modern dEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG164-172https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7809292biostudies-literatureDetermination of the phylogenetic origins of the Arpad Dynasty based on Y chromosome sequencing of Bela the Third.PMC7809292Gabidullina LSzabados GChiaroni JChen HLitvinov SKapuria KCano SZgonjanin DOlasz JMaroti ZDzhaubermezov MJeney JBehar DMSzentirmay ZNeparaczki ERouse NUnderhill PANagy PLKasler MDi Cristofaro JRunfeldt GEkomasova NKhusnutdinova EfalseDetermination of the phylogenetic origins of the Arpad Dynasty based on Y chromosome sequencing of Bela the Third.We set out to identify the origins of the Árpád Dynasty based on genome sequencing of DNA derived from the skeletal remains of Hungarian King Béla III (1172-1196) and eight additional individuals (six males, two females) originally interred at the Royal Basilica of Székesfehérvár. Y-chromosome analysis established that two individuals, Béla III and HU52 assign to haplogroups R-Z2125 whose distribution centres near South Central Asia with subsidiary expansions in the regions of modern Iran, the Volga Ural region and the Caucasus. Out of a cohort of 4340 individuals from these geographic areas, we acquired whole-genome data from 208 individuals derived for the R-Z2123 haplogroup. From these data we have established that the closest living kin of the Árpád Dynasty are R-SUR51 derived modern d2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Jan2026-04-18T05:07:18.949Z2021-02-21T03:43:36ZS-EPMC78092923263646910.1038/s41431-020-0683-z