Hulagu, grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Ilkhanate, seated with his Christian queen Doquz Khatun of the Khereid clan |
"The Turks and Germans were equally distant to all three Mongolian populations. These results confirmed the lack of strong genetic relationship between the Mongols and the Turks despite the close relationship of their languages (Altaic group) and shared historical neighborhood. This study has provided useful population data for genetic and anthropologic studies bridging eastern and western populations." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12753667
Couched within some very important information is one glaring error Machulla HK, Batnasan D, Steinborn F, Uyar FA, Saruhan-Direskeneli G, Oguz FS, Carin MN, Dorak MT. state,"the close relationship of their languages (Altaic group)".
Turks are part of the Altaic group but Mongols are not. Mongols are in a separate language group since they originate in Northern Siberia in the Yenisei river basin. Machulla et al assume that Mongols are from Mongolia and Turks are from the Altai Mountains in Mongolia so they must be one. Mongols are in a separate group that includes the Manchu, Mongols, (so-called) Native Americans and others.
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