This may not help you find any ancestors, but if you have an engineer in the family use
it to drive him bonkers. None of the following is of my origin, but something I received
on another genealogy mailing list: "It is very interesting in trying to figure out your
ancestors. Did you know you were kin to so many people?"

GENERATION:
1.........1 YOU
2.........2 parents
3.........4 grandparents
4.........8 great grandparents
5........16 g g grandparents
6........32 g g grandparents
7........64 g g g grandparents
8........128 g g g g grandparents
9........256 g g g g g grandparents
10.......512 g g g g g g grandparents
11......1,024 g g g g g g g grandparents.
12......2,048 g g g g g g g g grandparents
13.......4,096 g g g g g g g g g grandparents
14.......8,192 g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
15.......16,184 g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
16.......32,768 g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
17.......65,536 g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
18.......131,072 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
19.......262,144 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
20.......524,288 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
21.......1,048,576 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
22.......2,097,152 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
23.......4,194,304 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
24.......8,386,608 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents
25......16,777,216 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g grandparents

The normal number of years allotted to one generation, by professional genealogists, is
thirty. Using this generally accepted period for each generation, this list would cover a
period of only seven hundred fifty years. Therefore, if we go back to the time of
Creation which, according to Archbishop Usher, occurred at 9:00 A.M. October 10,
4,004 B.C., it becomes obvious that all humans are related.