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9G Granparents... and beyond
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Paul | Report | 17 Feb 2004 19:31 |
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See below. |
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Paul | Report | 17 Feb 2004 19:32 |
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Hi, I just found my first 9G Grandparents today. They lived about 1620. I worked out we should have 2048 of these. This got me thinking... For 14G Grandparents we have 65536. I estimate they lived early 1500s. For 18G Grandparents we have 1 million. I estimate they lived early 1400s. For 22G Grandparents we have 16 million. I estimate they lived 1300s. And you can imagine how this continues... Gosh - I think I must be related to everyone in my town & all of you lot too! P |
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Stan | Report | 17 Feb 2004 19:48 |
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As the figure for the 1300's is several times the national population at that date, you can see that there must be an enormous amount of duplication, in which the same people are our ancestors several times over through cousin marriage, etc. I have traced one 8xg grandfather born 1604, but I think it is unlikely I will ever trace them all. Best wishes in your search though. Stan |
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Selena in South East London | Report | 17 Feb 2004 20:23 |
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Paul - With a name like Baker - that's amazing!!! I am stuck at 1832 and with an unusual name to trace (Teape) - What is your secret? good luck with you ongoing search. Selena |
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Angela | Report | 17 Feb 2004 20:26 |
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Now if only your Bakers were from Barcombe, Sussex and happened to be related to mine of that town that are proving elusive.... Angela |
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Vanessa | Report | 18 Feb 2004 11:34 |
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Well done, Paul... having just discovered my first 13th g grandfather I was trying to work the figures out myself, but gave up. What is also amazing is that if Goddard Cruttenden (not to mention all the other great greats)born around 1503 hadn't existed neither would I! An obvious fact, but it still makes one think..... |
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Paul | Report | 18 Feb 2004 18:11 |
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Thanks Selena, I'm proud of my Baker research. I'm back to 7G on the Baker side. I think I'm rather lucky though - I have over half a dozen signed and dated pictures of my GG Grandfather William Baker (bn 1851), 2 pictures of my GGG Grandfather John Baker (bn 1807). And they all lived in the same house in 1881. And just before Christmas my second cousin & I found the gravestone of our GGG GGG Grandfather John Baker (bn 1695) only 20 mins drive from where I live. Believe it or not, Baker was not such a common name in Durham and North Yorkshire in the 1800s. There are less than 300 listed on the 1881 Census for the two regions combined. PB |
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Kay | Report | 18 Feb 2004 19:23 |
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I've found a 6G Grandfather (no sign of wife) born in 1744 and the surname Clark. My more unusual Wisemans are stuck in 1850's. Where is the logic?? Kay :) |
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Lynda ~ | Report | 18 Feb 2004 19:32 |
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Well done Paul, you lucky thing!! Found this and thought you may find it interesting We all have 2 Parents 4 Grandparents 8 Great Grandparents 16 Great Great Grandparents 32 Great Great Great Grandparents 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 After just ten generations! 2,048 4,096 8,192 16,284 32,568 65,136 130, 272 260,544 521,088 1,042,176 And all of these in twenty generations! |
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Montmorency | Report | 18 Feb 2004 20:40 |
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Stan's point also implies that any two people will have a lot of ancestors in common, if you go far enough back. So when two people marry and have kids, they're reuniting lines that diverged from a common ancestor centuries ago and have been going their separate ways ever since |
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Irene | Report | 18 Feb 2004 23:31 |
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No wonder we have our doubles out there somewhere. But it is easier if your rellies didn't move to far from base. Unless of course they all named their children the same (which they did) then its a case of which one. Irene |
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