Genealogy Introduction [part 4] Start with yourself, your parents, your grandparents. One of the most amazing aspects of describing family is that with each generation we learn of twice as many individuals and additional surname heritage. Like the growth of computer memory, the potential exists for 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 528, 1024 unique history trails. Surprisingly, most people will never learn beyond 7 generations, where available documentation(s) quickly disapears. However, with a little bit of Irish luck, perhaps you will link into the life of a well written about person, or their cousin, or their spouses family, or a local enterprise, or their rentor -- with the potential of really becoming a familiar part of history. If you can document the 20th generation, about 570 years, your hands would be full with trying to manage the facts and figures and verification of 524,288 ancestors. That is quite a slice of Ireland. =welcome>about>help> back(to"begin")>intro1>intro2>intro3>intro4>NEXT: Organizing

Ireland Ancestors (by average 30 years per Gen.) Generation Ancestors Years back 1 2010 2 2 30 1980 3 4 60 1950 4 8 90 1920 5 16 120 1890 6 32 150 1860 7 64 180 1830 8 128 210 1800 9 256 240 1770 10 512 270 1740 11 1024 300 1710 12 2048 330 1680 13 4096 360 1650 14 8192 390 1620 15 16384 420 1590 16 32768 450 1560 17 65536 480 1530 18 131072 510 1500 19 262144 540 1470 20 524288 570 1440