To give credit where its due, it actually came to me from Pat Kearns in Oz!! Moya Page (nee Banting) researching BANTING and PERREN in Hampshire ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris & Caroline To: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 11:43 PM Subject: [HantsLife] HOW MANY ANCESTORS??? Moya Page sent this to us today and we thought we would share it with you all!! Makes you wonder doesn't it!!! Chris and Caroline How Many Ancestors Do You Have?" Many of you who have been researching your lines for a long period of time are aware of the material that is presented here and we hope you will bear with us while we present some basic information for those of you who may not have given it thought until now. We are including a chart below that will show you the maximum amount of ancestors you have through 10 generations. You have; 2 Parents 4 Grandparents 8 Great Grandparents 16 Great Great Grandparents 32 Great Great Great Grandparents 64 Great Great Great Great Grandparents 128 Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents 256 Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents 512 Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents 1024 Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents Your maximum number of ancestors through 10 generations is 2046. --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 27/01/2003 ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Please use common sense when sending or replying to messages on the list. What may not offend you may offend others. Please do not send virus warnings, or other matetial not relevant to Hampshire and its history. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237