2006年5月30日英国《泰晤士报》的一则报道震惊了全世界:基因检测确定48岁的美国男子汤姆·鲁滨逊竟是成吉思汗的后裔,而且是亚洲之外第一个被确认为成吉思汗的直系后裔。主持检测鉴定的是以布赖恩·赛克斯为首的牛津大学的牛津祖先基因检测公司。20天后美国的《纽约时报》又报 On May 30, 2006, a report in the British “Times” shocked the world: Genetic testing determined that a 48-year-old American man, Tom Robinson, was descended from Genghis Khan and was the first person outside of Asia to be identified as Genghis Khan’s immediate descendants. Presided over the test identified as Brian Sykes, Oxford University, Oxford ancestral genetic testing company. Twenty days later the U.S. “New York Times” reported again