How many ancestors
do you have?
This may not help you find any ancestors, but if you have an engineer
in the family use it to drive him bonkers. None of the following is of
my origin, but something I received on another genealogy mailing list:
"It is very interesting in trying to figure out your ancestors. Did
you know you were kin to so many people?"
|
GENERATION |
NUMBER OF ANCESTORS IN EACH GENERATION
|
1 |
1 |
YOU |
2 |
2 |
parents |
3 |
4 |
grandparents |
4 |
8 |
great grandparents |
5 |
16 |
g g grandparents |
6 |
32 |
g g grandparents |
7 |
64 |
g g g grandparents |
8 |
128 |
g g g g grandparents |
9 |
256 |
g g g g g grandparents |
10 |
512 |
g g g g g g grandparents |
11 |
1,024 |
g g g g g g g grandparents |
12 |
2,048 |
g g g g g g g g grandparents |
13 |
4,096 |
g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
14 |
8,192 |
g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
15 |
16,184 |
g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
16 |
32,768 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
17 |
65,536 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
18 |
131,072 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
19 |
262,144 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
20 |
524,288 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
21 |
1,048,576 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
22 |
2,097,152 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
23 |
4,194,304 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
24 |
8,386,608 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
25 |
16,777,216 |
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents |
The normal number of years allotted to one generation, by professional
genealogists, is thirty. Using this generally accepted period for each
generation, this list would cover a period of only seven hundred fifty
years. Therefore, if we go back to the time of
Creation which, according to Archbishop Usher, occurred at 9:00 A.M. October
10, 4,004 B.C., it becomes obvious that all humans are related.
contributed by bjcb |
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