You know one of my hobbies is genealogy. And you've heard the 6 Degrees of Separation theory. Well, I have one for you.
You are one. Your parents are 2. Your grandparents are 4 in number. Your great-grandparents are 8. You have 16 great-great (or 2nd-great) grandparents. You have 32 third-great-grandparents. And 64 fourth-great grandparents.
Certain observations follow from this. First, it'd be hard to get you and all your relatives into the same room.
Second, if you've ever thought about trying t
Published on August 27, 2009 07:09