Does Genghis Khan really have that many descendants?
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The only thing that has been proven is that many asian men share a same paternity line (0.5 % of total population in the world).
The study suggest that particular mutation came from Mongolia a thousand year ago.
A paternity line of this scale is uncommon. The probable explanation is natural selection.
So the scientists suggest that it should be Gengis Khan line (a male ancestor from Ghengis but not Ghengis himself). Because this line was highly popular in most Khanates, they blended well in Russia noble men.
Many muslim dynasties in Asia had blood coming from the Khan. These dysnaties commonly had harem.
For Ivan it cannot be proved he has DNA from Ghengis. Not enough document have survived. There are speculation that British Queen Elisabeth II may be a descendent.
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What the genetic analysis proves is only that those many people share a common male ancestor who lived in 13th century. They cannot prove this was Genghiz Khan, because his remains were never found. So he (or his father, or one of his sons) is only the most plausible candidate. The number of descendants is not so surprising: those guys could easily have hundreds or thousands of children.
Speaking of Ivan IV, his genealogy can be traced following historical records. I did not check this myself, but this is not surprising, and is frequently mentioned in the literature that Chenghiz Khan was among his ancestors. There was substantial intermarriage between Russian princes families and descendants of Mongols.
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