How Many Ancestors Do You Have? (General)

by fredb , Saturday, March 26, 2011, 18:52 (4783 days ago) @ Ladkyis

Yes these figures will vary, but the one thing we have to accept is we all share common ancestors, and depending on how far you want to go back, taking into account that our earliest ancestors probably came out of Africa, so they were probably black. And nothing, not nationality, race, or religion can seperate any of us from that fact. Some people don't like it, but I think it's great to be a human being before anything else.
This does also highlight the nonsense that exists when people say they are related to some famous person from 500 or more years ago, especially if you take into accoun t back then the countries population was only about 3 million. These figures are only taking into account the count back from you, 2, 4, 8 etc. Start from a point 500 years ago, a family with 4 children, who in turn have 4 children, and do the maths following each line forward and there will probably be several hundred million relations in this world today, we are all related to everybody else.
Rambling Sid Rumpold