Rurikid Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Rurikid to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
N1a1a1a1a1a1a7a (N1c1)
Clade N1c
Also spelled: Rurik, Riurikovich (princely surnames incl. Obolensky, Volkonsky, Gagarin descend from this line per genealogical tradition)
Low-coverage paleogenomic sequencing of bone remains of Prince Dmitry Alexandrovich (d. 1294), son of Alexander Nevsky, from Pereslavl-Zalessky places the medieval Rurikid ruling line in haplogroup N1a (N1c1), traceable to at least the 11th-century era of Yaroslav the Wise.
Source: Zhur KV, Sharko FS, Sedov VV, et al. "The Rurikids: The First Experience of Reconstructing the Genetic Portrait of the Ruling Family of Medieval Rus' Based on Paleogenomic Data." Acta Naturae. 2023;15(3):50-65. doi:10.32607/actanaturae.23425
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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