I have direct ancestors, Zacharia Rice (1731-1811) and Abigail Hartman (1742-1789), who had 21 children, all well documented. Guestimating at only two children each, every twenty years would produce 21,504 people today. That's all from only ONE family. It's very easy to have a huge database.
Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 4/28/2010 5:05:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dmg.familyt...@gmail.com writes: Same thing could be said for many Irish Catholic families also, and I'm not just talking about 100 yearrs ago. 2 people I was in school with in the 1970s/1980s came from large families, one of 16 siblings, the other of 14 siblings. In fact, the guy from the larger family was an uncle of the guy from the smaller family! Regards, Dermot. On 28 April 2010 04:40, Gene Hutson <fish...@cableone.net> wrote: > > and let us not forget Amish and Mennonite genealogies. > > Some families had 16 or more living children. > > Gene Hutson > norfolk, Nebraska Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
