#  Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family’s origins 

 





July 16, 2025

 

 

 ![Dr. Tian Chen Zeng and Dr. David Reich posing in the HEB Atrium wearing blue shirts](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/2025-07/062325_Uralic_14-1920.jpg)

 

Tian Chen (T.C.) Zeng (from left) and David Reich.*Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer (Harvard Gazette)*[**Parent emerged over 4,000 years ago in Siberia, farther east than many thought, then rapidly spread west**](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/07/ancient-dna-solves-mystery-of-hungarian-finnish-language-familys-origins/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020250717%20(1)&spMailingID=35963703&spUserID=MjE0Nzg0MTg5NzQS1&spJobID=2943595041&spReportId=Mjk0MzU5NTA0MQS2)

Christy DeSmith

Harvard Staff Writer

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