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
> Your maximum number of ancestors through 10 generations is 2046. I found them all on the IGI :-) Vic Wise Brisbane Australia vwise@gil.com.au
With my experience of the IGI two thirds of them will belong to someone else!!! Moya ----- Original Message ----- From: Vic Wise To: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] HOW MANY ANCESTORS??? > Your maximum number of ancestors through 10 generations is 2046. I found them all on the IGI :-) Vic Wise Brisbane Australia vwise@gil.com.au ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== This is YOUR list so please treat it the way you wish yourself treated. Remember: "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION" It comes bundled with the software! ============================== 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