┌─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!