Thanks, My simple example was only meant for the male line. I believe I can probably get back into the 300's that way. I'm back to 1602 now and the records on back seem to be in place Otherwise, it is indeed much, much bigger challenge.
~Don On Aug 18, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Tim Rosenlof <spa...@xmission.com> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedigree_collapse > > -- > Tim Rosenlof > Utah, USA > Swedish Research > > On 8/18/2012 2:04 PM, Don Hendershot wrote: >> Each invidual going back 23 generations has one biological father and one >> biological mother respectibly. That is only 46 verifiable people links at >> two per generation. >> >> We don't have 2^23 grandparents over that period of time. We just have 23 >> sets of grandparents. >> >> ~Don >> >> >> On Aug 18, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Tim Rosenlof <spa...@xmission.com> wrote: >> >>> On 8/18/2012 1:24 PM, Shack wrote: >>>> Pedigree back to 370 AD >>> >>> On 8/18/2012 1:24 PM, Shack wrote:> Pedigree back to 370 AD >>> >>> Documented and Sourced ? >>> >>> As Geoff say's, 'Genealogy without documentation is nothing but hearsay' ! >>> >>> That is a good note for everyone. >>> >>> You have parents (2 people). >>> You have grandparents (4 people). >>> You have great grandparents (8 people). >>> You have great great grandparents (16 people). >>> Such a tree grows exponentially and will eventually become impossibly high. >>> Over 23 generations going back to the 1300 Century, have 2²³ (2 to 23 >>> power) or roughly 8 million ancestors. >>> >>> ( Someone will probably correct my math. However, a lot of ancestors ). >>> >>> Happy Hunting >>> >>> -- >>> Tim Rosenlof >>> Utah, USA >>> Swedish Research > > > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
