Hi Everyone, Isn't this awsome? It does make you think. My husband read it and just said, "WOW!" Makes you realize we may be related to someone and not even realize it!!! Thanks Faith, for sending this! Linda Faith Hutchings wrote: > >From another List: > > Hi everyone, > I thought I would share this article with everyone on the list. It is > entitled > What a Background! > Next time your're feeling rather unimportant, try a little arithmetic > trick based on the undebatable fact it took two people, your parents, to get > you here. Each of your parents has two parents, so in the generation just > proir to that of your mother and father, there were four people whose > pairing off and sharing love contributed to your existence. > > You are the product of eight great-grandparents, 16 > great-great-grandparents, 32 great-great-great-grandparents, etc. Keep on > multiplying the number by two. If you figure an average of about 25 years > between each generation, you'll discover that a scant 500 years ago, there > were 1,048,576 people on this planet beginning the production of you. > > This article was written by the Rev.Gene Britton in East Point , GA, > "Southside Sun" newspaper