Graham wrote: Many Thousands of Descendants of King Edward III.[R.1327-1377] The arithmetic is such that anybody with British ancestors is likely to be descended from Edward III. The problem is finding the link ! The model of our family tree doubling up in number with every generation soon breaks down after a few generations as we find cousin marriages. Doubling up for 26 generations leads to 67 million ancestors which of course is quite impossible, since the population of the UK after the 'Black Death' was only about 3 million in the mid-1300s. Instead of being a pyramid, the model is a series of parallel lines such that we are all cousins - 5th, 10th, 20th, or whatever, with our trees intertwined. Happy hunting. Regards, Geoff One Name Study of WEDMORE worldwide and linked interests in BRISON, DUCK, POLE, TOLSON and One Name Study of PUCKLE, SCARNELL and SCUFFHAM in the UK. http://www.wedmore.org.uk