YChromosomeofAisinGioro,theImperialHouseof
QingDynasty
YANShi1*,TACHIBANAHarumasa2,WEILan‐Hai1,YUGe1,WENShao‐Qing1,WANGChuan‐Chao1
1MinistryofEducationKeyLaboratoryofContemporaryAnthropologyandStateKeyLaboratoryof
GeneticEngineering,CollaborativeInnovationCenterforGeneticsandDevelopment,SchoolofLife
Sciences,FudanUniversity,Shanghai200438,China
2Penname
*Pleasecontactyanshi@fudan.edu.cn
Abstract
HouseofAisinGioroistheimperialfamilyofthelastdynastyinChinesehistory–QingDynasty(1644
–1911).AisinGiorofamilyoriginatedfromJurchentribesanddevelopedtheManchupeoplebefore
theyconqueredChina.ByinvestigatingtheYchromosomalshorttandemrepeats(STRs)of7modern
maleindividualswhoclaimbelongingtoAisinGiorofamily(inwhich3havefullrecordsofpedigree),
wefoundthat3ofthem(inwhich2keepfullpedigree,whosemostrecentcommonancestoris
Nurgaci)showsverycloserelationship(1–2stepsofdifferencein17STR)andthehaplotypeisrare.
WethereforeconcludethatthishaplotypeistheYchromosomeoftheHouseofAisinGioro.Further
testsofsinglenucleotidepolymorphisms(SNPs)indicatesthattheybelongtoHaplogroup
C3b2b1*‐M401(xF5483),althoughtheirY‐STRresultsaredistanttothe“starcluster”,whichalso
belongstothesamehaplogroup.Thisstudyformsthebaseforthepedigreeresearchoftheimperial
familyofQingDynastybymeansofgenetics.
Keywords:Ychromosome,paternallineage,pedigree,familyhistory,haplogroup,QingDynasty
ThisresearchwassupportedbythegrantsfromtheNationalScienceFoundationofChina(31271338),
andfromMinistryofEducation(311016).
QingDynasty
YANShi1*,TACHIBANAHarumasa2,WEILan‐Hai1,YUGe1,WENShao‐Qing1,WANGChuan‐Chao1
1MinistryofEducationKeyLaboratoryofContemporaryAnthropologyandStateKeyLaboratoryof
GeneticEngineering,CollaborativeInnovationCenterforGeneticsandDevelopment,SchoolofLife
Sciences,FudanUniversity,Shanghai200438,China
2Penname
*Pleasecontactyanshi@fudan.edu.cn
Abstract
HouseofAisinGioroistheimperialfamilyofthelastdynastyinChinesehistory–QingDynasty(1644
–1911).AisinGiorofamilyoriginatedfromJurchentribesanddevelopedtheManchupeoplebefore
theyconqueredChina.ByinvestigatingtheYchromosomalshorttandemrepeats(STRs)of7modern
maleindividualswhoclaimbelongingtoAisinGiorofamily(inwhich3havefullrecordsofpedigree),
wefoundthat3ofthem(inwhich2keepfullpedigree,whosemostrecentcommonancestoris
Nurgaci)showsverycloserelationship(1–2stepsofdifferencein17STR)andthehaplotypeisrare.
WethereforeconcludethatthishaplotypeistheYchromosomeoftheHouseofAisinGioro.Further
testsofsinglenucleotidepolymorphisms(SNPs)indicatesthattheybelongtoHaplogroup
C3b2b1*‐M401(xF5483),althoughtheirY‐STRresultsaredistanttothe“starcluster”,whichalso
belongstothesamehaplogroup.Thisstudyformsthebaseforthepedigreeresearchoftheimperial
familyofQingDynastybymeansofgenetics.
Keywords:Ychromosome,paternallineage,pedigree,familyhistory,haplogroup,QingDynasty
ThisresearchwassupportedbythegrantsfromtheNationalScienceFoundationofChina(31271338),
andfromMinistryofEducation(311016).