Facts
How many ancestors do you have?
Only....
1 YOU (1st Generation)
2 Parents (2nd Generation)
4 Grandparents (3rd Generation)
8 Great-Grandparents (4th Generation)
16 G-Great-Grandparents (5th Generation)
32 G-G-Great-Grandparents (6th Generation)
64 G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (7th Generation)
128 G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (8th Generation)
256 G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (9th Generation)
512 G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (10th Generation)
1,024 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (11th Generation)
2,048 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (12th Generation)
4,096 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (13th Generation)
8,192 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (14th Generation)
16,384 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (15th Generation)
32,768 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (16th Generation)
65,536 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (17th Generation)
131,072 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (18th Generation)
262,144 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (19th Generation)
524,288 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (20th Generation)
1,048,576 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (21st
Generation)
2,097,152 G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Great-Grandparents (22nd
Generation)
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How to Figure a Birthdate...Remember this Number 8870
This is not an error: It is
the number to remember when you want to
find the birthdate of someone when you only have the date of death and age.
How do you figure the birthdate?
Suppose the person died May 6,
1889 at age of 71 years, 7 months, 9 days
| 1. Write the year, month, day as... | 18890506 |
| 2. Subtract the age at death... | -710709 |
| 3. This gives the figure... | 18179797 |
| 4. Now subtract 8870... | -8870 |
| 5. The result is... | 18170927 |
Year 1817, 9th Month (September), 27th day...or September 27, 1817
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