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You are Here Because of 1,024 Ancestral Lines

If you double the number of ancestors in each generation, 2 parents, 4 grandparents, and so on, we can see that by the time you are back 10 generations, you have the potential for 1,024 ancestral lines. True, you might not learn the names of over one thousand ancestors, but they did exist.

Another aspect is estimated that 80% of the marriages in history were between second cousins. With the population base being smaller, people lived in small communities and migrated within those same small communities, so not that many great a selection of mates. This tendency to marry cousins reversed itself in more recent years, due to larger population numbers, greater travel and easier access to possible mates.

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