How Many Ancestors Do You Have? (General)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 11:05 (6958 days ago) @ annianduesbury

In reality the number of ancestors would not be anything like what is listed on the chart as there are so many variables that would have to be taken into account. In an area like the Forest you would of course get many cousins marrying each other, be that they were 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on, which changes the whole equation.

I would imagine the chart was originally put together just to bring to the attention that what ever the circumstances are you have got one heck of a lot of ancestors.