From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Jul 4 14:08:51 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k64K8pjb023861; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:08:51 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k64K8npu011873 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:08:49 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k64HVcFI013697 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:31:38 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k64HVcN0013696 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:31:38 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k64GbtFI013535 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 12:37:55 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k64JEtkL018319 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:14:55 -0600 X-Envelope-From: george@vandermerwede.org Tue Jul 4 13:14:55 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k64JEtjb018310 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:14:55 -0600 Received: from slcpx01.servnow.com (slcpx01.servnow.com [208.101.11.34]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k64JEoj2019638 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:14:51 -0600 Received: from 69-171-233-45.clspco.adelphia.net ([69.171.233.45] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by slcpx01.servnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1FxqM3-0006zt-UJ; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:14:40 -0400 Message-ID: <44AABE1A.9000704@vandermerwede.org> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:14:34 -0600 From: George van der Merwede User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: LOISTUR@aol.com CC: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] RE: the shallow roots of our family tree References: <1bf.6e0feae.31dbeb3d@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <1bf.6e0feae.31dbeb3d@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - slcpx01.servnow.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - rootsweb.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - vandermerwede.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Score: 1.226 (*) BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com These theories have been going around for years. To say that 4,242,538,496 where alive in BC on this planet to contribute to your ancestry is just plainly not true. People lived in small groups, married cousins, uncles and the like. Mathematically it looks correct but does not line up with reality. If you went back one more generation according to the formula the people alive on earth at that time would have exceeded the present population. LOISTUR@aol.com wrote: > > > > I tried working it out and came up with the number of people I descend from > in BC, give or take some years due to different ages of parents when giving > birth. Maybe some mathematician can tell me if I'm in the right ballpark. It > really isn't important since I think we all descend from Adam and Eve. > > > > 1: 1 my great granddaughter > 2: 2 parents (my granddaughter) > 3: 4 grandparents (one of which is my daughter) > 4: 8 great grandparents (one of which is me) > 5: 16 gg grandparents > 6: 32 ggg grandparents > 7: 64 gggg grandparents > 8: 128 ggggg grandparents > 9: 256 gggggg grandparents > 10: 512 ggggggg grandparents about 1700 AD > 11: 1,024 gggggggg grandparents > 12: 2,048 ggggggggg grandparents > 13: 4,096 gggggggggg grandparents > 14: 8,192 ggggggggggg grandparents > 15: 16,184 gggggggggggg grandparents > 16: 32,368 ggggggggggggg grandparents > 17: 64,736 gggggggggggggg grandparents > 18: 129,472 ggggggggggggggg grandparents > 19: 258,944 gggggggggggggggg grandparents > 20: 517,888 ggggggggggggggggg grandparents about 1400 AD > 21: 1035,776 gggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 22: 2071,552 ggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 23: 4143,104 gggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 24: 8286.208 ggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 25: 16,572,416 gggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 26: 33,144,832 ggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 27: 66,289,664 gggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 28: 132,579,328 ggggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 29: 265,158,656 gggggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 30: 530,317,312 ggggggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 31: 1,060,634,624 gggggggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 32: 2,121,269,248 ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 33: 4,242,538,496 gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg grandparents BC > Lois Selby Turner > > > > >