Matching Genghis Khan

Much has been written in the popular press in recent days about the DNA signature of Genghis Khan, Mongol leader and founder of the Mongol Empire (1206-1368). At its height, his empire was the largest in the world.
Although he is a highly-respected figure in Mongolia, in many areas of southwestern Asia, Middle East, and Europe, the Khan is seen a blood-thirsty ruler bent on pillage, plunder, and rape. While he did wreak havoc to those opposing him, he also established an empire based upon rule by the most suited rather than wealth or heredity as has been so common in history. This concept is known as meritocracy.
History has yielded a picture of Genghis Khan as a man who succeeded militarily. Apparently, he and his sons and grandsons were equally successful in passing their genes as well.
Genghis Khan, the Mongolian Emperor was the focus of an article written a few years ago by an Anthropology team in “The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols,” Zerjal, et. al., American Journal of Human Genetics, 72: 717-721, 2003, which speculated that the reason that over 8% of all Mongolian males share the same Y chromosome was because of the success the ruler (and his sons) had in spreading their Y chromosome across central Asia.
Family Tree DNA has compared the markers mentioned in the paper against our worldwide database including over 570 males from Mongolian and Kazakhstan. The findings show that the Haplogroup C3 Mongolian test takers share all marker values identically as compared to the most commonly found Mongolian signature. In fact 47 of these samples (8.2%) match exactly and that signature also matches, marker for marker, the values reported in the above-mentioned academic paper to the extent that our testing panel overlaps with the markers used in the study.
In order that anyone who has tested with any lab in the world may freely make their own comparison we present both the 12 and 25 marker values from Family Tree DNA’s world wide database. It’s important to remember that the Haplogroup for this signature is C3 (M217+) and therefore both the signature and the haplogroup confirmation are necessary for a diagnostic result.
All (any) Family Tree DNA customers who match this 12 marker signature will receive an icon depicting their ‘match’ on the personal page of the web site. To date no Western European or North American male has matched the signature:
You can test your Y-DNA to verify if it matches to this or any other signatures.
You can either search by surname in the side bar and see if your surname (or variant) is subject of a study, in which case you’ll be entitled to a reduced group rate, or, you can order directly here, choosing between 12, 25 or 37 markers.
12 Marker Y-DNA Profile of Genghis Khan – Haplogroup C3 (M217+)

25 Marker Y-DNA Profile of Genghis Khan – Haplogroup C3 (M217+)

Source: http://www.familytreedna.com/matchgenghis.html