Author Topic: A challenge,- track your ancestors as far as possible  (Read 1696 times)

Offline BlauK

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Re: A challenge,- track your ancestors as far as possible
« Reply #75 on: April 02, 2008, 01:00:23 PM »
Blauk, you might want to keep a close eye on those kids.
read the end of the 1st paragraph.

Yup, that is known, but really of no concern :)

There are 16384 possible great grandfathers and great grandmothers at exact 15 generations back. However, in truth there are some less, since the family lines often not only fork out, but also come back together. Still, counting also the generations from my wife to the 14th generation doubles the possible people to 32767. Then adding the 32767 from my side makes it 65534.

What do you think are the chances of anyone having at least one insane ancestor among 65534?  ;)




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