tl;dr, over the course of 1,000 years clans fought themselves over resources and only a few families/males survived. As a result, a male may have hundreds of c

tl;dr, over the course of 1,000 years clans fought themselves over resources and only a few families/males survived. As a result, a male may have hundreds of children. This is somewhat similar to the Genghis Kahn situation where millions of people has his DNA. Btw, I didnt think this was a surprise.