Genealogy Online

Genealogy from Greek: γενεα, genea, “family”; and λόγος, logos, “knowledge” the study and tracing of families

Why Genealogy? Satisfy own curiosity Give children sense of larger family Cultural and ethnic traditions Medical history Better appreciation of history Religious – LDS Qualify for lineage or heritage society Solve puzzles

Relationships

Ancestors (fan chart)

Ancestors Generation Relationship Number DNA 10 8th GGP 1024 0.1% 9 512 0.2% 8 6th GGP 256 0.4% 7 5th GGP 128 0.8% 6 4th GGP 64 1.6% 5 3rd GGP 32 3.1% 4 2nd GGP 16 6.3% 3 Greatgrandparents 12.5% 2 Grandparents 25.0% 1 Parents 50.0% Self

Ancestors Generation Number 10 ~1,000 Thousand 20 ~1,000,000 Million 30 ~1,000,000,000 Billion 40 ~1,000,000,000,000 Trillion

Children per generation Descendants Generation Children per generation 1 2 3 4 9 16 8 27 64 81 256 5 32 243 1,024 6 729 4,096 7 128 2,187 16,384 6,561 65,536 512 19,683 262,144 10 59,049 1,048,576

Genealogy – an endless quest Every time you find one new ancestor there are two more waiting to be found You can easily have hundreds of relatives to track How can it all be managed? Genealogy software is indispensible