Sorry, Don, but Tim is correct, unless, of course one is only following the male line.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Don Hendershot Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 9:04 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Picture list 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
