I have been seeing this chart in many places as of late and decided to share...

Other than the obvious, what did it take for you to be born? Think about it. You needed:

• 2 parents
• 4 grandparents
• 8 great-grandparents
• 16 secont great-grandparents
• 32 third great-grandparents
• 64 fourth great-grandparents
• 128 fifth great grand-parents
• 256 sixth great-grandparents
• 512 seventh great-grandparents
• 1,024 eighth great-grandparents
• 2,048 ninth great-grandparents

For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years!

Now think for a moment... What were their lives like? in 'modern' times, we are dealing with a pandemic. Did any of them? Some of us have lived through a war. Did they? Some of our ancestors made a scary journey to the unknown America. Some made the very long and harrowing journey to the West in search of gold or just a better life than what they had. What is it your ancestors had to endure for you to exist in the present moment?