Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Grandparent Connections

How Many are There? 

Just how many grandparents or sets of grandparents do you have?  It depends on how far you can go back in time.  I find that when I am trying to solve a mystery, I need to group people together through the "shared matches" tools provided by the testing companies.  Looking at my results, I find that I often have a number of people who are in common with me and each other but how do I work through this? 

Find the Most Common Recent Ancestor

Finding the shared ancestor between the matches is a GREAT way to narrow down your search but just how many grandparents are there? 

Grandparents


Grouping people together in matched sets will also help you determine the correct connections. But just how many "grandparents" can you expect to find when building your mirror tree?


Cousin
Shared Grandparent
Possibilities
1st 
Grandparent
4
2nd
Great Grandparents
8
3rd
Great Great Grandparents
16
4th
Great Great Great Grandparents
32
5th
Great Great Great Great Grandparents 
64

 

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