Hi, What about people like me who had first cousins marry (at least twice in the early 1800s)? I might suffer from an ancestor shortage. Brian >"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 > > >==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== >List owner ndwilson@swbell.net > >============================== >FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! >Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com