Tuesday, October 16, 2012

How the numbers stack up

I thought I would breakdown how I am doing in my research so far. If I can prove that someone is my ancestor then they are counted, those that I cant I haven't.

1st Generation:    1 out of 1 (100.00%) 
2nd Generation:   2 out of 2 (100.00%)
3rd Generation:    4 out of 4 (100.00%)
4th Generation:    8 out of 8 (100.00%)
5th Generation:  14 out of 16 (87.50 %)
6th Generation:  23 out of 32 (71.88%)
7th Generation:  26 out of 64 (40.63%) 
8th Generation:  11 out of 128 (8.59%) 
9th Generation:    2 out of 256 (0.78%) 
10th Generation:  2 out of 512 (0.38%)

Total: 93 out of 1,023 (9.09%)


Since 1960 our family has looked for any record of my Great-Grandmother's birth without success, she always would say that her Father forgot to register her which is why at generation 5 I loose 2 people - any wonder I would like a time machine for Christmas so I can ensure he remembered?  However, if I was to  assume that my Great-Grandmother is a full blood sister to her siblings then I would have:


1st Generation:    1 out of 1 (100.00%) 
2nd Generation:   2 out of 2 (100.00%)
3rd Generation:    4 out of 4 (100.00%)
4th Generation:    8 out of 8 (100.00%)
5th Generation:  16 out of 16 (100.00%)
6th Generation:  27 out of 32 (84.38%)
7th Generation:  32 out of 64 (50.00%) 
8th Generation:  15 out of 128 (11.72%) 
9th Generation:    8 out of 256 (3.13%) 
10th Generation:  6 out of 512 (1.17%)

Total:  119 out of 1,023 (11.63%)

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