The genetic origin of ancient Hungarians is still in question, although some modern and ancient DNA studies have focused on this issue. For example, Tömöry et al. have described the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of a small group of ancient Hungarians from the 10th–12th century Carpathian Basin, where the ancient Hungarians’ affinity to modern day Central Asia has been demonstrated. Tömöry et al. concluded, without simulation tests, that there was no genetic continuity between the classical conquerors and modern day Hungarians12. A small 10th–12th century population from the northwestern Carpathian Basin has been reported with heterogeneous maternal genetic characteristics similar to modern Europeans13. On the other hand, ancient mitochondrial DNA data from the putative source region of the ancient Hungarians is still scarce, and concentrates only on the prehistory of Siberia and Central Asia14151617. Of four analyzed Y chromosomes from the conqueror population, two showed connections to Uralic peoples through N1c1 haplogroup marker Tat18.