Scientists Analyzed Hungarian DNA — Their Ancestors Came From Siberia, Not Europe

Scientists Analyzed Hungarian DNA — Their Ancestors Came From Siberia, Not Europe

Hungarians are not what they seem. Scientists at Harvard University, led
by paleogenetics expert David Reich, analyzed 180 ancient genomes and
discovered that the ancestors of modern Hungarians came from Yakutia in
northeastern Siberia 4,500 years ago. Published in Nature (July 2025),
this groundbreaking study traces an extraordinary 7,000-kilometer
migration across Eurasia. From the icy taigas of Siberia to the Danube
Basin, this is the real genetic story of the Magyar people — and it
will rewrite everything you thought you knew.