Great lead in a story in the Miami Herald: DNA Ties UM Prof to Genghis Khan; Is Genghis Khan a UM Accounting Professor’s Forefather? The DNA Says Yes, by Noah Bierman:
A British research firm recently combed 25,000 DNA samples searching for a modern descendant of Genghis Khan from outside the Mongolian warlord’s ancient empire. They found the first one: a University of Miami accounting professor with a receding hairline [Tom Robinson]
(Hat Tip: Chronicle of Higher Education.)
