The mathematics of your next family reunion

Question

I find this to be a very interesting article by Jeffrey Rosenthal about the 'relatedness' of our ancestors and relatives.  It describes it so well.

https://plus.maths.org/content/mathematics-your-next-family-reunion

 

Comments

Very Interesting! Thanks for posting.

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Yes, and " I AM MY OWN GRANDPA"

Check out the 1947 song.  I like the Ray Stevens version and there is one with diagrams.

Answer 1

Oh, if only this were true for Acadians! I'd like to see a chart for us! Not only are my parents distantly related, and I descend from multiple sibling groups, I recently discovered that my maternal grandparents were 3rd cousins on their paternal sides and 1st cousins on their maternal!!  I am my own grandpa, indeed.