Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)
CHAPTER TEN – Unique identification of the skeletons
Table 19. Comparison of genetic marker data of the male skeletons. Skeletons A-STR match Y-STR match Haplotype metapopulation PCR Béla III and II/52_3 PCR: 17/22 NGS:21/22 16/16 Ria Middle East and Western Asia vicinity 11/53 9/20 10/16 Ria Occurs in Africa, Southern Balkans, especially in Greece, Byzantine origin 11/54 11/20 11/16 Ria Occurrence: Northwestern Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Northern Poland 11/55 13/20 4/16 Rib France, Northern Italy, Northern England, Baltic region 1/3 G5 14/20 1/16 Jia Frequent on the Arabian peninsula, west bank of the Caspian Sea 1/4 H6 13/20 4/16 Rib Most frequent occurrence: France and Northern Italy In the case of skeleton 11/53, there were no grave goods of any kind, so its Árpád-era origin could neither be confirmed nor disproven by the archaeological investigation. The fact that the person was buried in the inner church’s southern aisle does not mean that the person is necessarily of royal origin, because during this period, not only kings were buried - usually in an earth grave - in the inner church. The skeleton’s anthropological age is between 21 and 27 years, the time of death by archaeological estimation is between the 14th and 15th centuries. According to A-STR data, he is not related to the Árpád Dynasty. According to the genetic investigation, skeleton 11/53 belongs to the haplogroup Ria. This haplotype can be found in Africa and the Southern Balkans, especially in Greece, which opens up the possibility, that a high-ranking person of Byzantine origin was 190
