ravip Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 In order to be born, you needed: 2 parents 4 grandparents 8 great-grandparents 16 second great-grandparents 32 third great-grandparents 64 fourth great-grandparents 128 fifth great-grandparents 256 sixth great-grandparents 512 seventh great-grandparents 1,024 eighth great-grandparents 2,048 ninth great-grandparents For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total sum of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years. Think for a moment – How many struggles? How many battles? How many difficulties? How much sadness? How much happiness? How many love stories? How many expressions of hope for the future? – did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 so where did all the money go? They <deleted> it all away on riotous parties, bounteous whores, gin by the bucketful and old ale in 56 gallon barrels, all in the Tavens of Old England no doubt. Selfish pricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Cloning screws the maths up right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heppinger Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 You don't need all those people, Afghans have family trees twice that size and half the amount of first cousins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorriedNoodle Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said: Cloning screws the maths up right ? Also being born in some of those small outback Australian towns from what I saw of them back in the day ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, WorriedNoodle said: Also being born in some of those small outback Australian towns from what I saw of them back in the day ???? I have never entered Australia but to be fair I think many countries have some pockets of genetic anomalies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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