Ancestors

Ancestors

Each of has:

2 - parents

4 - grandparents

8 - great grandparents

16 - great great grandparents

32 - great great great grandparents

62 - ancestors in six generations, counting yourself as generation one

Generation Defined:

A generation is "all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively." 

It can also be described as, "the average period, generally considered to be about thirty years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children of their own".

Dick Henthorn

30 Oct 2019

Ahnentafel Chart Numbers Explained

Ahnentafel Chart Numbers Explained
Richard E. Henthorn
3 February 2011

How to Read the Chart Below

• /Generation/


• {Number of People In This Generation}


• [Ahnentafel Numbers from Number to Number]


• - Who's in this generation

For example:
/06/ {00032} [00032-00063] - 3rd Great Grandparents

That is to say in the sixth generation of your Ahnentafel Chart a possible thirty-two people can appear with ahnentafel numbers ranging from 32 to 63 and all being your great-great-great grandparents.

A complete fifteen (15) generation ahnentafel chart would include the names of thirty two thousand seven hundred and sixty seven (32,767) individuals.

/01/ {00001} [00001-00001] - Child
/02/ {00002} [00002-00003] - Parents
/03/ {00004} [00004-00007] - Grandparents
/04/ {00008} [00008-00015] - 1st Great Grandparents
/05/ {00016} [00016-00031] - 2nd Great Grandparents
/06/ {00032} [00032-00063] - 3rd Great Grandparents
/07/ {00064} [00064-00127] - 4th Great Grandparents
/08/ {00128} [00128-00255] - 5th Great Grandparents
/09/ {00256} [00256-00511] - 6th Great Grandparents
/10/ {00512} [00512-01023] - 7th Great Grandparents
/11/ {01024} [01024-02047] - 8th Great Grandparents
/12/ {02048} [02048-04095] - 9th Great Grandparents
/13/ {04096} [04096-08191] - 10th Great Grandparents
/14/ {08192} [08192-16383] - 11th Great Grandparents
/15/ {16384} [16384-32767] - 12th Great Grandparents

Copyright 2011 - Richard E. Henthorn

The Younger Generation

Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from. (Sam Ewing)