Progenitor

In

consanguineous family group of descendants

Progenitors are sometimes used to describe the status of a genealogical research project, or in order to compare the availability of genealogical data in different times and places. Often, progenitors are implied to be patrilineal. If a patrilineal dynasty is considered, each such dynasty has exactly one progenitor.

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It is rarely possible to confirm

ethnic groups worldwide, whilst around 600 have patrilineal rules of descent (from father to son).^[2]

In the

Hellenistic Greeks look back to Hellen as their progenitor. In Indian Hinduism Manu is the progenitor of all mankind. In the Abrahamic religions, Adam, Noah, Abraham and others are described as progenitors (see also Biblical patriarchy

).

In archaeogenetics (archaeological genetics), a human Y-chromosomal Adam has been named as the most recent common ancestor from whom all currently living people are descended patrilinearly. This Adam lived in Africa at a time variously estimated from 60,000 to 338,000 years ago. And Mitochondrial Eve, the most recent common ancestor in the matrilineal line, is estimated to have lived from 100,000 to 230,000 years ago. (There being no suggestion that these, “Eve” and “Adam”, lived at nearby times or places. And there were many other common ancestors in other lines of descent.)

Examples of patrilineal progenitors

subject	dynasty	progenitor	date of progenitor's death
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom	Wettin	Dietrich I of Wettin	ca. 976
King Philippe of the Belgians	Wettin	Dietrich I of Wettin	ca. 976
King Hussein bin Ali	Hashemite	Ali	661
Emperor Naruhito of Japan	Imperial House of Japan	Keitai	10 March 531
Charlemagne	Carolingian	Bishop Arnulf of Metz	640
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom	Este	Otbert I, Count Palatine of Italy	975
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark	Oldenburg	Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg	1112
King Harald V of Norway	Oldenburg	Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg	1112
King Charles III of the United Kingdom	Oldenburg	Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg	1112
King Felipe VI of Spain	Robertians/Capetians	Robert of Hesbaye	ca. 807
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg	Robertians/Capetians	Robert of Hesbaye	ca. 807
George William, Duke of Liegnitz and Brieg	Piast dynasty	Piast the Wheelwright	861
King Gediminas of Lithuania	Gediminas	Polemon II of Pontus	74

References

^ Duden-Redaktion (January 19, 2013). "Stammmutter". Bibliographisches Institut, Berlin. Retrieved October 12, 2013. Stammvater, der: Mann als Begründer eines Stammes, einer Sippe. Ebenda: Ahnherr: "Stammvater eines Geschlechts".
^ J. Patrick Gray: Ethnographic Atlas Codebook. In: World Cultures. Vol. 10, No. 1, 1998, pp. 86-136, here p. 104: Table 43 Descent: Major Type (one of the few assessments of all 1,267 ethnic groups; pdf file; 2.4 MB; without page nos. Archived November 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine): "584 Patrilineal […] 52 Duolateral […] 160 Matrilineal […] 45 Mixed". The Ethnographic Atlas by George P. Murdock Archived August 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine contains data sets of 1,300 ethnic groups (as at December 2012 at InterSciWiki Archived January 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine), of which often only samples were assessed.
^ Lexikoneintrag (2000–2013). "Mars (Mythologie)". wissen.de. Retrieved October 12, 2013. Mars […] as father of Romulus and Remus, progenitor of the Romans.

[Duden-Stammvater-1] Duden-Redaktion (January 19, 2013). "Stammmutter". Bibliographisches Institut, Berlin. Retrieved October 12, 2013. Stammvater, der: Mann als Begründer eines Stammes, einer Sippe. Ebenda: Ahnherr: "Stammvater eines Geschlechts".

[Gray_1998-2] J. Patrick Gray: Ethnographic Atlas Codebook. In: World Cultures. Vol. 10, No. 1, 1998, pp. 86-136, here p. 104: Table 43 Descent: Major Type (one of the few assessments of all 1,267 ethnic groups; pdf file; 2.4 MB; without page nos. Archived November 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine): "584 Patrilineal […] 52 Duolateral […] 160 Matrilineal […] 45 Mixed". The Ethnographic Atlas by George P. Murdock Archived August 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine contains data sets of 1,300 ethnic groups (as at December 2012 at InterSciWiki Archived January 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine), of which often only samples were assessed.

[wissen-Mars-3] Lexikoneintrag (2000–2013). "Mars (Mythologie)". wissen.de. Retrieved October 12, 2013. Mars […] as father of Romulus and Remus, progenitor of the Romans.

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Examples of patrilineal progenitors

See also

References