Betty, your 7 GreatGreat is about the 9th generation so 2 to the 9th power is 512 7th greats plus 256 for the 6th great great, etc on down to your Parents. This count DOES NOT include uncles, aunts cousins If it not correct, then YOU MAY BE YOUR OWN GRANDMA. :) :) :) You are going to have lots and lots of names. Joe Betty wrote: >Hello, > >Because of the posting on the MAMiddle List today, I went back to a list I >started last fall and never finished. I was trying to make a list of all >my ancestors by name only. I just checked the names under the category >"7th great-grandparents" for one side of my family-tree and so far I have 30 >names. I was curious how many names I'm supposed to have there, and went >to a Google search. I found this chart: > >http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=434 > >If this chart is correct, and I'm supposed to come up with names of over >500 ancestors for my "7 greats," I have a lot more work to do ! :o( > >But, further in the search, I find this article which explains why the above >chart doesn't work. It involves: cousins marrying cousins, etc. > >http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/ancestors.shtml > >Here are 2 more charts which seems to be the same as the above chart: > >http://gonetotexas.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=chart > >http://genealogy2.com/howmany/howmany.html > >Here's a chart of "Kinship Relationships" > >http://churchtree.tripod.com/kinship.html > > >Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > >(reminder that I do not have a data base of any kind) >(I much prefer - communicating with other genealogists) > > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >