Deaf Smith
County, Texas

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

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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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