Maternal Genetic Ancestry and Legacy of 10^thCentury AD Hungarians

Abstract

The ancient Hungarians originated from the Ural region in today's central Russia and migrated across the Eastern European steppe, according to historical sources. The Hungarians conquered the Carpathian Basin 895-907 AD, and admixed with the indigenous communities.Here we present mitochondrial DNA results from three datasets: one from the Avar period (7 th -9 th centuries) of the Carpathian Basin (n = 31); one from the Hungarian conquest-