Árpád Dynasty Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Árpád Dynasty to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
R1a-Z2123
Clade R
Also spelled: House of Árpád, Hungarian royal dynasty
Sequenced from the exhumed remains of King Béla III (r. 1172-1196), founder-dynasty monarch of the Kingdom of Hungary; closest modern paternal kin identified among Bashkir populations, indicating a Central Asian steppe origin for the dynasty.
Source: Olasz J, Seidenberg V, Hummel S, et al. "Determination of the phylogenetic origins of the Árpád Dynasty based on Y chromosome sequencing of Béla the Third." European Journal of Human Genetics 2019/2020;28:770-778; Nagy PL, Olasz J, et al. "Genome-wide autosomal, mtDNA, and Y chromosome analysis of King Bela III of the Hungarian Árpád dynasty." Scientific Reports 2021;11:19210.
How to read this. A surname match means some people with that surname, in a specific study or family record, were found to share a haplogroup, most likely due to a shared patrilineal ancestor generations back. It is not proof that you personally carry that haplogroup: surnames change through adoption, remarriage, non-paternity events, and independent origin of the same name in different families. For your own confirmed haplogroup, test your DNA with our HaploAI Y-DNA/mtDNA predictor.
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