I have just printed out my Ancestor Chart and have gone back 37 generations (34th Great Grandparents)!! I start with Alpin (of Scotland) who died about 837. No mention of Charlamagne though! Perhaps he will turn up in one of my female branches at a later time. Said with tongue in cheek!! At 01:34 PM 11/03/2000 -0500, you wrote: >How Many Ancestors Do You Have? > > >1 1 YOU >2 2 parents >3 4 grandparents >4 8 great grandparents >5 16 gg grandparents >6 32 ggg grandparents >7 64 gggg grandparents >8 128 ggggg grandparents >9 256 gggggg grandparents >10 512 ggggggg grandparents >11 1,024 gggggggg grandparents >12 2,048 ggggggggg grandparents >13 4,096 gggggggggg grandparents >14 8,192 ggggggggggg grandparents >15 16,184 gggggggggggg grandparents >16 32,768 ggggggggggggg grandparents >17 65,536 gggggggggggggg grandparents >18 131,072 ggggggggggggggg grandparents >19 262,144 gggggggggggggggg grandparents >20 524,288 ggggggggggggggggg grandparents >21 1,048,576 gggggggggggggggggg grandparents >22 2,097,152 ggggggggggggggggggg grandparents Susan, Queensland, Australia. English Web Page: http://www.st.net.au/~susanp/index.html American Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~susanp Researching: ALSTON-Suffolk/Bedford/America,Post 1850, BOURCHIER-UK,Post 1650, CHUDLEIGH-Devon,All, HOLTTUM-Kent,Pre 1720, MARTEN-Sussex,Pre 1660, OXENDEN-Kent,All.