[vannrox]

I think that this is the kind of legacy that Bill Clinton really wants.

[Grand Old Partisan]

This article does not reflect a sufficient understanding of statistics. Two-thirds of all Italians are direct descendants of Julius Ceasar and half of all French and Germans are direct descendants of Charlemagne -- or of anyone else who lived there back then.

[Ol' Sox]

Noah's got this guy beat, hands down.

[Savage Beast]

Were it not for modern technological advances (i.e. birth control) I'll bet our guy could outdo old Chinggis.

[JmyBryan]

So do I pay or receive reparations?

[Cacique]

Interesting bump

[spetznaz]

I was watching this documentary a couple of weeks ago that said the Mongol Empire (at its height) was the world's largest empire .....ever! Far greater than even the Roman empire. The Mongol's rule extended from Korea all the way to some parts of Europe, far greater than even the Roman empire at its zenith.

That was quite interesting because i had always assumed Pax Romana was the largest.

As for Genghis sowing his wild oats i am quite surprised.

During a rather boring night in college i did some calculations of how many women one man can copulate with (to, ahem ahem,'completion') and i have to say Genghis must have either surpassed my calculations or come very close to doing so! For him to have 0.5% of the world's male population bearing lineage from him it means that in the 13th century he would have had to have slept with thousands (by thousands i do not mean 2,000 like Wilt Chamberlain allegedly did, but something like over 20,000 women). Possibly more (although how he did that is boggling because he would not have had time to do anything else but copulate ......and the dude was obviously perpetually on the move due to his conquests). However once you factor in the Khans who came after him, who were his descendants, and if they also used to be chronic womanizers (which they most probably were) then it is very possible for prodigious offspring bearing Genghis Khan's DNA to arise.

However it is still a daunting task, athough i am sure Genghis was not complaining!

[SunkenCiv]