Current and expected results of genetic research on the Árpád dynasty

Neparáczki, Endre (2022) Current and expected results of genetic research on the Árpád dynasty. In: Kings and Saints : The Age of the Árpáds. Publications of the Institute of Hungarian Research (6). Magyarságkutató Intézet; Szent István Király Múzeum, Budapest, Székesfehérvár, pp. 259-276. ISBN 9786156117656

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Abstract

Two undoubtedly outstanding figures of early Hungarian history are Álmos and his son, Prince Árpád, whose name is associated with the conquest of the Carpathian Basin and the establishment of Hungarian central power. However, thanks to their successful policies, they not only laid the foundations of the later Christian Kingdom of Hungary, but their names also mark the beginning of the first Hungarian royal dynasty, the Árpád dynasty (or, as Simon Kézai called it, the Turul clan), which ruled for nearly 300 years. Their role was therefore of paramount importance in shaping the Hungarian identity that can already be found in written medieval Hungarian sources. Thanks to dynamic technological developments as well, the study of early Hungarian history and the origins of prominent families has in the last decade been joined by the discipline of archaeogenetics, which focuses on the study of human DNA.

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