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-- Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Swedish Research On 8/18/2012 2:04 PM, Don Hendershot wrote: > Each invidual going back 23 generations has one biological father and one > biological mother respectibly. That is only 46 verifiable people links at two > per generation. > > We don't have 2^23 grandparents over that period of time. We just have 23 > sets of grandparents. > > ~Don > > > On Aug 18, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Tim Rosenlof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 8/18/2012 1:24 PM, Shack wrote: >>> Pedigree back to 370 AD >> >> On 8/18/2012 1:24 PM, Shack wrote:> Pedigree back to 370 AD >> >> Documented and Sourced ? >> >> As Geoff say's, 'Genealogy without documentation is nothing but hearsay' ! >> >> That is a good note for everyone. >> >> You have parents (2 people). >> You have grandparents (4 people). >> You have great grandparents (8 people). >> You have great great grandparents (16 people). >> Such a tree grows exponentially and will eventually become impossibly high. >> Over 23 generations going back to the 1300 Century, have 2²³ (2 to 23 >> power) or roughly 8 million ancestors. >> >> ( Someone will probably correct my math. However, a lot of ancestors ). >> >> Happy Hunting >> >> -- >> Tim Rosenlof >> Utah, USA >> Swedish Research Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
