heritage

                 ┌─Hammond, Charles W. (b. 1810-09-22, d. 1862-06-09)
              ┌─Hammond, John Thomas (Wesley?) (b. 1858-05-12, d. 1909-04-14)
              │  └─, Rachel (b. 1816-09-08, d. 1881-02-02)
           ┌─Hammond, Thomas Willis (b. 1883-08-24, d. 1967-01-17)
           │  │  ┌─Strickland, Elihu Chester 
           │  └─Strickland, Emma Rosell (b. 1858-08-24, d. 1933-08-09)
           │     └─Moulton, Harriet Elizabeth 
        ┌─Hammond, Albert Augustine (b. 1907-08-07, d. 1998-04-13)
        │  │        ┌─Anthony, George 
        │  │     ┌─Anthony, Robert (b. 1821-03-15)
        │  │     │  └─Gandy, Mary 
        │  │  ┌─Anthony, Rufus Penn (b. 1853-08-02, d. 1930-11-19)
        │  │  │  └─Thrush, Elizabeth (b. about 1830, d. 1855-11-15)
        │  └─Anthony, Minnie Laura (b. 1890-11-18, d. 1946-10-13)
        │     │  ┌─Solomon, Bennet 
        │     └─Solomon, Martha Ann (Mattie) (b. 1862-02-00, d. 1938-03-08)
        │        └─Morton, Annia 
     ┌─Hammond, X (living)
     │  │                 ┌─Woody, Joseph (b. 1669, d. 1732)
     │  │              ┌─Woody, William (b. 1720, d. 1795)
     │  │              │  └─Rose, Ann 
     │  │           ┌─Woody, William Joseph (b. 1754, d. 1849)
     │  │           │  └─Persel, Sarah (b. 1732, d. 1815)
     │  │        ┌─Woody, Jeremiah (b. from 1780 to 1790, d. from 1844-02-00 to 1850)
     │  │        │  └─Lovel, Elizabeth 
     │  │     ┌─DeWoody, George Wade (b. 1840-03-13, d. 1926-04-15)
     │  │     │  │  ┌─Ellis, Charles 
     │  │     │  └─Ellis, Mary Ann (b. about 1810, d. 1874-07-23)
     │  │  ┌─DeWoody, Matthew Shields (b. 1878-03-15, d. 1953-11-13)
     │  │  │  └─Summers, Mary Ellen (b. 1842-01-27, d. 1909-06-27)
     │  └─DeWoody, Herma Vera (b. 1912-08-12, d. 2002-08-11)
     │     │        ┌─Ross, James (d. about 1815)
     │     │     ┌─Ross, James Thomas (b. 1808-11-25, d. 1892-01-15)
     │     │     │  └─Kyle, Elizabeth 
     │     │  ┌─Ross, Alfred Cowan (b. 1848-07-14, d. 1908-03-24)
     │     │  │  └─Cook, Sarah (Sally) (b. about 1813)
     │     └─Ross, Una Perry (b. 1879-04-09, d. 1942-12-22)
     │        │  ┌─Johnson, Edd Thomas 
     │        └─Johnson, Nancy Margaret (Madge) (b. 1845-04-08, d. 1941-01-15)
     │           └─Martin, Mahala 
o───Abgithetz Qwrashamenkegadikeshbamratztaghaqamamamnayaglepzeqsheqiayeth (living) - and three others
     │                             ┌─Dorward, Johne (b. estimated about 1627-01-03)
     │                          ┌─Dorward, John (b. 1667-04-10)
     │                          │  └─Hutchon, Margrat 
     │                       ┌─Dorward, John (b. 1680-04-11)
     │                       │  └─Ogilvie, Isobell (b. 1661-03-02)
     │                    ┌─Dorward, John (b. 1704-10-09)
     │                    │  └─Clark, Jannet (b. 1678-09-27)
     │                 ┌─Dorward, Thomas (b. 1736-08-29)
     │                 │  └─Lyell, Margaret 
     │              ┌─Dorward, John (b. 1765-01-05, d. 1827-10-20)
     │              │  └─Finley, Margaret (b. 1744)
     │           ┌─Dorward, Robert (b. 1803-09-06, d. 1846-12-23)
     │           │  │  ┌─Leslie, James 
     │           │  └─Leslie, Jean (b. 1764-04-13)
     │           │     └─Scott, Isabel 
     │        ┌─Dorward, Peter (b. 1831-02-25, d. 1916-03-16)
     │        │  └─Gibson, Margaret (b. 1803-06-05, d. 1880-01-04)
     │     ┌─Dorward, James Thomas (b. 1865-04-01, d. 1942-02-15)
     │     │  └─Miller, Jessie (b. 1830-03-26, d. 1908-02-06)
     │  ┌─Dorward, Donald Dayton (b. 1901-11-15, d. 1945-01-02)
     │  │  │  ┌─Rein, Louis (b. 1865-06-11, d. 1924-12-31)
     │  │  └─Rein, Katharine Elizabeth (b. 1872-09-21, d. 1938-10-18)
     │  │     └─Hermann, Katherine (b. 1842-07-12, d. 1925-07-10)
     └─Dorward, X (living)
        │        ┌─Kirby, Joshua (Josuaha) 
        │     ┌─Kirby, William M. (b. 1834-09-15, d. 1918-02-28)
        │  ┌─Kirby, Josephus Moore (b. 1862-11-25, d. 1937-12-19)
        │  │  └─Shoemaker, Sarah (b. 1844-05-02, d. 1893-11-10)
        └─Kirby, Agnes Blanche (b. 1903-10-06, d. 1988-09-15)
           │  ┌─James, Thomas 
           └─James, Cara (b. 1863-10-14, d. 1955-03-02)
              └─Ransdell, Almeda

we all have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16 2x-great grandparents, 32 3x-great grandparents, 64 4x-great grandparents, 128 5x-great grandparents, 256 6x-great grandparents, 512 7x-great grandparents, 1024 8x-great grandparents, 2048 9x-great grandparents, 4096 10x-great grandparents, 8192 11x-great grandparents, 16384 12x-great grandparents, 32768 13x-great grandparents, 65536 14x-great grandparents… it is between 20 and 30 years between generations, which makes 3 or 4 generations every 100 years.

you don’t have to go back very far to realise that everyone is related to everyone else!

the enlightened rantings of a brain damaged freak