Photo: Millions of Men May Be Descended From Irish King, Study Says

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File photo of an Irish man in County Mayo in northwestern Ireland.

A recent DNA study suggests that 1 in 12 men in Ireland may carry the genes of the fifth-century Irish warlord Niall of the Nine Hostages. In northwestern Ireland, the likelihood may be as high as one in five.

Photograph by Anne Keiser

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