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A Whole Lot of Ancestors
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A Whole Lot of Ancestors
A Whole Lot of Ancestors
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Ancestors are the people who, years ago, gave birth to children, that had children who have been your kinsmen or your Kinfolk. They are your relatives. As a group, they make up your ROOTS of your LINES of DESCENT and appear on your PEDIGREE CHART
2 Parents 4 Grand-parents 8 Great-Grandparents 16 Great-Great Grand-parents 32 Great, Great, Great Grand-parents 64 Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents 128 Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents 256 Great, Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents 512 Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents 1024 Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents Obviously this means that you have a great many relatives or Kin. Many of these are your cousins, Aunts & Uncles, Great or not so great Grandparents. We do not realize just how many relatives we have. Genealogy is the study of one's ancestors, or a collection about the information of one's relatives. A PEDIGREE is an attempt to prove a person's relationship to another who lived in the past. |