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sleepyjeff · 07-03-2006, 07:14 PM

Yep. I posted this on Mouseplanet a long time ago

Do you ever wonder if you have noble ancestry? Most probably, you do. Here's why:

You have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, and so on. For every generation that you go back, you double the number of ancestors that you have (there are exceptions to this rule, but that comes later). Now, most genealogists assume that a generation is about 30 years; that is, on the average, your parents were born 30 years before you...... So, if you were born in 2000, then you had 8 ancestors born around 1900. Each century you go back in time, you multiply your number of ancestors by 8. That means, that you had 64 in 1800, 512 in 1700, and so on. If you work your way back to the year 1200, you had over 16 million ancestors!

http://www.elvidge.com/Genealogy/essay1.htm

07-03-2006, 07:14 PM	#8
sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	Yep. I posted this on Mouseplanet a long time ago Do you ever wonder if you have noble ancestry? Most probably, you do. Here's why: You have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, and so on. For every generation that you go back, you double the number of ancestors that you have (there are exceptions to this rule, but that comes later). Now, most genealogists assume that a generation is about 30 years; that is, on the average, your parents were born 30 years before you...... So, if you were born in 2000, then you had 8 ancestors born around 1900. Each century you go back in time, you multiply your number of ancestors by 8. That means, that you had 64 in 1800, 512 in 1700, and so on. If you work your way back to the year 1200, you had over 16 million ancestors! http://www.elvidge.com/Genealogy/essay1.htm __________________ River Guardian-less
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