The Odds of Being Related



How many ancestors could I have?

How many ancestors do I REALISTICALLY have?

More descendants than ancestors?

Generation X Was When?

Population statistics

British Odds

Gateway Ancestors?


- Examples -

European Monarchs

Companions of William the Conqueror

Strange Relations?

Stranger Relations

Act Presidential

Famous Cousins?


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This presentation: http://michaelmarcotte.com/Odds-talk.htm

Questions?