Found some amazing information about Genghis Khan and his clan that indicates the great conqueror was as adept at creating new human life as he was in snuffing it out (it iis said he helped halve China’s 13th-century population to 60 million people).

[Q]uite a few of us [are carrying] the conqueror’s DNA around. A genetic study done by Oxford geneticist Brian Sykes shows that 16 million people worldwide, eight percent of Asian men, are descended from the prolific Khan, who it turns out did more than put whole cities to the sword. The Khan had four legitimate sons, but it seems he had many, many more progeny than history records. And his four sons were known to be prolific as well.