On 29/07/2011 01:45, ALLEN WATSON wrote: > As a computer geek with an interest in math (I learned to read octal > and hexidecimal notations), it occurs to me that one could use these > two fields together to indicate a kind of "base 3" numbering system > for the level of grandparents. If you decide that grandparents are > 00, then: > > Grandparents (possibly 4): 00 Great Grandparents (possibly 8): 01 <snipped>
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