Hungarian Magyars, Kazakh Madjars, and Genetics

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A Y-chromosomal comparison of the Madjars (Kazakhstan) and the Magyars (Hungary)

Abstract:
The Madjars are a previously unstudied population from Kazakhstan who practice a form of local exogamy in which wives are brought in from neighboring tribes, but husbands are not, so the paternal lineages remain genetically isolated within the population.

Their name bears a striking resemblance to the Magyars who have inhabited Hungary for over a millennium, but whose previous history is poorly understood. We have now carried out a genetic analysis of the population structure and relationships of the Madjars, and in particular have sought to test whether or not they show a genetic link with the Magyars.

We concentrated on paternal lineages because of their isolation within the Madjars and sampled males representing all extant male lineages unrelated for more than eight generations (n = 45) in the Torgay area of Kazakhstan.

The Madjars show evidence of extensive genetic drift, with 24/45 carrying the same 12-STR haplotype within haplogroup G. Genetic distances based on haplogroup frequencies were used to compare the Madjars with 37 other populations and showed that they were closest to the Hungarian population rather than their geographical neighbors.

Although this finding could result from chance, it is striking and suggests that there could have been genetic contact between the ancestors of the Madjars and Magyars, and thus that modern Hungarians may trace their ancestry to Central Asia, instead of the Eastern Uralic region as previously thought.

Am J Phys Anthropol 2009. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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[KaoruHUN]

When it is about sex, we know no borders. From the ancient tribe times to the modern days we just keep having sex with everybody, it's impossible to tell who were the "great ancestors", and even if there was, we have nothing to do with them anymore.-in my opinion there is no "pure" hungarian blood.

And anyway we all originate from africa. (Althought some hungarian people have hard time accepting that) But thanks for the video, I just love to learn about new things!

[kurvaistenmegbasz]

A video egy szlotakroman soviniszta trolle, persze a szellemi nyomorek panturkista kovetoi koruldongjak a szart. Dogoljetek meg.

A legszomorubb az hogy vannak magyarok is akik elhiszik ezt.

[toki1221]

@Szabchen similar with ainu too:)

[WestHun]

What a crap is this, where is the reality between the two tribes, and the brotherhood?

[MagicMutilator6000]

looks like turkic mongoloids and caucasianized mongoloids.

[HungarianHistory2]

@HungarianHistory2

less rá specer wells m17 y-dns

[HungarianHistory2]

@kurvaistenmegbasz

részigaság miatt. európai gének, refúgium kirajzás , csatlkozás hazatérés! ezek tényleg magyarok, csak az a tré hogy dzsingisz elárasztotta a török népeket akik azelőtt europid nem árja népek voltak.

[ogunelbetgelecek]

@ebutuoymp3 Spastic!

[Lordofthenipplerings]

"Sculpted marble head of the Göktürk general Kul Tigin (8th century AD). Discovered in the Orkhon Valley".