Is it true that about 70% of people of French, German, N. Italian, and Swiss ancestry are kin of Charlemagne?
I saw this statistic on some other question around here and was wondering if anyone might have more information on this. This would be really fascinating if true, in that Charlemagne would be to Western Europeans as to what Genghis Khan or some famous Mongol ruler would be to the Mongols and other Central Asians, basically their “father.” I know Charlemagne certainly got around but I don’t know how many children he had, legitimate or illegitimate.
All Europeans are closely interrelated–they ALL descend from only 9 women and even less men. So undoubtably you are related to a king or queen somewhere along the line!
I share a common female ancestor (probably way back in the stone age!) with the Romanovs and a large number of European royals of the last century. Also related to the Irish king Niall of the nine Hostages (who was the Irish equivalent of Genghis and charlemagne-he put it about a bit.)
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