I have been doing genealogy for the past few years. I've really enjoyed what I've found out and encourage anyone that is interested to give it a try. Our local library has a genealogy center and offers free seminars. You can also attend the library and with any library card, you access many paid databases for free. The staff is amazing and will assist you.
Everyone has:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 second great-grandparents
32 third great-grandparents
64 fourth great-grandparents
128 fifth great-grandparents
256 six great-grandparents
512 seventh great-grandparents
1,024 eighth great-grandparents
2,048 ninth great-grandparents
Think for a moment about how many struggles, happiness love stories, and hope for the future that your ancestors had to undergo for you to exist in this present moment.
The biggest surprise I found in my research is an ancestor William Winterford. I know he's related by DNA but I can't figure out exactly what generation he is. There are so many relatives in my tree. He was born in 1834. He emigrated to Australia from the UK and was the first owner of the Regatta Hotel that still stands in Brisbane on Coronation Street.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regatta_Hotel
Thanks to my cousins Sharon Racine in Brisbane and Stephen Winterford in Portsmith for all their work on our family tree. We are all related by DNA. If you haven't done your DNA, it's fascinating!
