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Re: gee whiz computers

Posted By: gremlinn, on host 24.165.11.130
Date: Monday, July 3, 2006, at 18:02:25
In Reply To: gee whiz computers posted by Howard on Monday, July 3, 2006, at 17:13:54:

> Computers never cease to blow my mind. I sat down here and in about 15 minutes, I traced my ancestors back to my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather. (You don't have to count them. I did, and it's six!) His name was William, same as mine, but he was born in England in 1590.
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> For my grandson, who was here this morning, old William is great X 8 grandfather.
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> I have all of that info stashed in a file, but I can find it on the computer quicker.
> How"middle name"ard

That works out to only 10 generations for (I'm assuming a bit over) 400 years, an average of 40 years between generations. That's surprisingly high to me -- I always figured the average was around 30 years.

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Re: gee whiz computers - Howard - Tue, 7/4/2006, 14:49:03

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Message:	> > Computers never cease to blow my mind. I sat down here and in about 15 minutes, I traced my ancestors back to my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather. (You don't have to count them. I did, and it's six!) His name was William, same as mine, but he was born in England in 1590. > > > > For my grandson, who was here this morning, old William is great X 8 grandfather. > > > > I have all of that info stashed in a file, but I can find it on the computer quicker. > > How"middle name"ard > > That works out to only 10 generations for (I'm assuming a bit over) 400 years, an average of 40 years between generations. That's surprisingly high to me -- I always figured the average was around 30 years.
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