Yep; and we all relate to Charlemagne, etc. Someone recently wrote about a connection on a maternal line (not VA or Germanna) to tell me that he & I are 9th cousins of Barack Obama. Well, a gazillion people are his ninth cousin! :-) Kathleen On 7/25/08, drcary@cox.net <drcary@cox.net> wrote: > > Kathleen wrote: > ---- > > > > The Washington Post, May 29, 1950, page 14: > > > > "Picnic at Germanna. > > . > > The Society estimates some nine million people resulted from the > landing of about 250 families by Lieut. Gov. Alexander Spotswood in 1714, > 1717, 1719 and 1724. > > One might have to know the number estimated living in 1950. I think we > have members of this list who know how to determined such estimates. If a > room full of people all know all their ancestry back five generations, there > will be at least one set of blood cousins present. I think the number has > to be at least 20 persons. The problem is most people don't know all their > ancestry back five generations. Even in a room of dedicated genealogists, > there seems to always be one set of great-great grandparents that are > unknown. > > I like to brag on being back to 1450 in the village of Hochdorf on my Katz > and get all the nice mumbling of ooohss and ahs. But, then I quickly say, > "Let me tell you about my great-grandfather, b 1841 in Tennessee as per the > census." I've never found him and I started in 1956! > > Cary > > > -- > Kathleen Bowen Simons > Falls Church, Virginia > > IMAGE - a No. VA Christian church whose mission is simple: Worship. > Community. Service. > www.thisisimage.com (click on the Audio icon to hear Pastor Chris' > messages!) > > Listen to a beautiful song, "Feel the Ocean Calling," by Roderick C. > Simons: http://www.myspace.com/roderickcsimons