1. Genealogy Online

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

3. 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

4. Relationships

5. Ancestors (fan chart)

6. 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

7. Ancestors Generation Number 10 ~1,000 Thousand 20 ~1,000,000 Million30
~1,000,000,000
Billion 40
~1,000,000,000,000
Trillion

9. 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

10. 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