Haplogroup of the Y Chromosome of Napoléon the First

2011/12/29 by G Lucotte, Thierry Thomasset, Peter Hrechdakian · 4 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · #Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities #Science Education and Perceptions #melanin and skin pigmentation

paper · doi:10.5539/jmbr.v1n1p12

openalex publication_date 2011/12/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

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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