How rare is it to have great great grandparents?

So on average you'll have about 3% of each of your great, great, great grandparent's DNA.
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Is it possible to have a great great great-grandparent?

A 92-year-old in Canada recently earned herself the rare title of Great-Great-Great Grandmother. In case you were wondering, that means that her family has six generations all living at once, which is actually pretty rare.
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How old is the average great great-grandparent?

The average age of great-grandparents today is 75, but many of us don't look (or act) our age. Yes, there may likely be snow on the mountain, but there's still fire in the furnace. Many of us married in our teens and early twenties and began having families shortly thereafter.
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How many 3rd great grandparents does a person have?

Parents 2 Grandparents 4 Great-Grandparents 8 2nd Great-Grandparents 16 3rd Great-Grandparents 32 4th Great-Grandparents 64 5th Great-Grandparents 128 6th Great-Grandparents 256 7th Great-Grandparents 512 8th Great-Grandparents 1,024 9th Great-Grandparents 2,048 10th Great-Grandparents 4,096 11th Great-Grandparents ...
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How far back is 7 generations?

It is believed to have originated with the Iroquois – Great Law of the Iroquois – which holds appropriate to think seven generations ahead (about 525 years into the future, which is counted by multiplying the 75 years of an average human lifespan by 7) and decide whether the decisions they make today would benefit ...
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How many Great-Grandparents do you really have?



How many years is 10 generations?

At the usually accepted value of four generations per century, ten generations would place the common ancestor only 250 years in the past, in the mid-18th century, suggesting a further search in records of that period for evidence pointing toward the relationship.
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How far back is 20 generations?

In other words, our ancestors increase exponentially the further back we look. About 20 generations (about 400 years), ago we each have about a million ancestors - and after that the numbers start to get even sillier. Forty generations ago (800 years) gives us one trillion ancestors, and fifty gives one quadrillion.
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How much DNA do great-grandparents have?

How much DNA did you inherit from your great-great grandparents? The average amount of DNA inherited from a great-great grandparent is 6.25%. This means that you might share about 6.25% of your DNA with any of your 16 great-great grandparents.
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How many generations is 500 years?

How many generations are there going back 500 years? Since each generation is about 25 years long, we simply divide 500 by 25 to determine that there are 20 generations in 500 years. Most people can't know exactly how many generations their family tree has in it on every line of their ancestry.
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Who is the youngest great great grandmother?

Augusta Bunge is part of a Guinness World Record of most generations alive in a single-family. At the time of the record, Augusta was also the youngest-ever great-great-great-great grandmother alive!
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Has there ever been 6 generations?

The family are believed to be the only family in Scotland with six generations alive at the same time. According to Guinness World Records the most generations alive in a single family has been seven.
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What is the most generations alive at one time?

According to the Guinness World Records, the most generations alive in a single family have been seven. The difference between the oldest and the youngest person in the family was about 109 years, when Augusta Bunge's great-great-great-great grandson was born on January 21, 1989.
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How many years is 40 generations?

Given 25 years per generation, 40 generations occur in 1000 years.
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What is the oldest great grandma?

Her grandmother Amanda Cormier is 39, and Grace Couturier is a great-grandmother at 59. Gwen Shaw, the baby's great-great-grandmother, is a sprightly 75. The Guinness World Record for the most generations in an unbroken line is seven, but to reach six is still extremely rare - and rarer still when they are all women.
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Who has seen the most generations?

According to Guinness World Records the most generations alive in a single family has been seven. Mrs Fitzgerald said she was "flabbergasted" to become a great-great-great grandmother.
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How far back is 1 ethnicity?

So, for a 1% DNA result, you would be looking at around seven generations. This would go back to your x5 great grandparent. While this may be confusing to you, it's not. You have 50% DNA from each parent, just like your parents have 50% DNA from both of your grandparents, and so on.
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How far back does ethnicity go?

Your genetic ethnicity estimate tells you about your possible historical origins, not necessarily about where you live today. AncestryDNA genetic ethnicity estimates go back hundreds to more than a thousand years, when populations and their boundaries were often very different.
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How far back is 6 generations?

If you look at the generally recognized generations, you could say there have been 6 generations in the last 100 years between 1920 and 2020: GI Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Gen Z.
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Are we all related?

Basic math tells us that all humans share ancestors, but it's amazing how recently those shared ancestors lived. Thanks to genetic data in the 21st century, scientists are discovering that we really are all descended from one mother. It's Okay To Be Smart explores our common human ancestry.
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At what point are cousins not related?

Cousins are people who share a common ancestor that is at least 2 generations away, such as a grandparent or great-grandparent. You and your siblings are not cousins because your parents are only 1 generation away from you.
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Can ethnicity skip a generation?

If you didn't see what you were expecting in your DNA results, you might wonder if the ethnicity region perhaps skipped a generation. In reality, it is not possible for DNA to skip a generation.
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What generation is Alpha?

That is why the generations today each span 15 years with Generation Y (Millennials) born from 1980 to 1994; Generation Z from 1995 to 2009 and Generation Alpha from 2010 to 2024.
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How many generations are we from Jesus?

The total of 42 generations is achieved only by omitting several names, so the choice of three sets of fourteen seems deliberate. Various explanations have been suggested: fourteen is twice seven, symbolizing perfection and covenant, and is also the gematria (numerical value) of the name David.
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What are the 7 living generations?

Who do you think you are? Seven generations to choose from
  • The Greatest Generation (born 1901–1927)
  • The Silent Generation (born 1928–1945)
  • Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964)
  • Generation X (born 1965–1980)
  • Millennials (born 1981–1995)
  • Generation Z (born 1996–2010)
  • Generation Alpha (born 2011–2025)
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