It still amazes me that there were only 9 generations in the first 300 years of my Gardner line in America (averaging more that 30 years apart, spanning 300 years in fewer generations than fingers on a pair of hands. Half again longer than the age of USA at the time. I have ridden with 5 generations of this Gardner family all on horseback in a parade in the mid 1990s. Just double that many generations takes us back 300 years! Amazing!!!