Haplogroup of the Y Chromosome of Napoléon the First

Recent Discovery: Napoléon's direct paternal ancestor was the founder of Y-Haplogroup E1b! Interesting indeed!  E1b, if memory serves me well, is the 3rd largest haplogroup among Jewish males. Also interesting to note that he was shockingly friendly to the Jewish people in comparison to many of his predecessors, but that is somewhat irrelevant to this recent finding. Compassion and civility are unlikely derivatives of any particular Y-Chromosome.  - Hanok

Source: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jmbr/article/view/10609

Haplogroup of the Y Chromosome of Napoléon the First
Gerard Lucotte, Thierry Thomasset, Peter Hrechdakian

Abstract

This paper describes the finding of the determination of the Y-haplogroup of French Emperor Napoléon I (Napoléon Bonaparte). DNA was extracted from two islands of follicular sheaths located at the basis of two of his beard hairs, conserved in the Vivant Denon reliquary. The Y-haplogroup of Napoléon I, determined by the study of 10 NRY-SNPs (non-recombinant Y-single nucleotide polymorphisms), is E1b1b1c1*. Charles Napoléon, the current collateral male descendant of Napoléon I, belongs to this same Y-haplogroup; his Y-STR profile was determined by using a set of 37 NRY-STRs (non-recombinant Y-microsatellites).

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