This came to me today from a surname site and I thought I'd share it with you: "How Many Direct Ancestors Do You Have? (Century added based on 3 generations per century or aged 33.3 at birth of next generation.)   Only...    1 YOU (20th century)  2 parents (20th century)  4 grandparents (20th century)   8 great grandparents (19th century)  16 gg grandparents (19th century)  32 ggg grandparents (19th century)   64 gggg grandparents (18th century)  128 ggggg grandparents (18th century)  256 gggggg grandparents (18th century)   512 ggggggg grandparents (17th century)   1,024 gggggggg grandparents (17th century) 2,048 ggggggggg grandparents (17th century)   4,096 gggggggggg grandparents (16th century) 8,192 ggggggggggg grandparents (16th century) 16,184 gggggggggggg grandparents (16th century)   32,768 ggggggggggggg grandparents (15th century) 65,536 gggggggggggggg grandparents (15th century) 131,072 ggggggggggggggg grandparents (15th century)   262,144 gggggggggggggggg grandparents (14th century) 524,288 ggggggggggggggggg grandparents (14th century) 1,048,576 gggggggggggggggggg grandparents (14th century)   2,097,152 ggggggggggggggggggg grandparents (13th century) 4,194,304 gggggggggggggggggggg grandparents (13th century) 8,388,608 ggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents (13th century)   16,777,217 gggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents (12th century) 33,554,432 ggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents (12th century) 67,108,864 gggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents (12th century) And that only takes you back to the year 1100 !! Is it any wonder that we spend so much time on genealogy? This also must mean that nearly everyone in the world is our cousin!" Hi cousins!! Diana