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26-11-16, 08:46
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How well are we doing?
After Danny Dyer being able to go back so many generations in his family tree, how well are the members of GF doing?
What is the furthest back you can go in terms of multiple great-grandparents? I'm in the process of adding up how many ancestors I have accounted for from 7x-great-grandparents backwards. 
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26-11-16, 10:25
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Not many really compared with some.
I have three 9xg-grandparents on my tree - A couple, Thomas Smith and his wife, Alice Dallam who were buried in Burford Oxfordshire in 1643 and 1670 respectively. They married in 1614 and are the only people on my tree who must have been born in the 16thC. The other one is James Eglington of Shutford, Oxfordshire who wrote his will in 1667. Probate was granted in 1668 but I don't have a burial (or anything else) for him! All the above are the ancestors of my 2xg-grandmother, Mary Smith. It's ironic that I have gone back further with this Smith line than most other lines.
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26-11-16, 10:33
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2 parents 4 grandparents 8 great-grandparents 16 2xg 32 3xg 48 4xg 47 5xg 40 6xg 24 7xg 10 8xg 3 9xg 
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26-11-16, 10:40
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I have Family Historian, Merry. I wonder if it will calculate for me?
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26-11-16, 10:43
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26-11-16, 10:51
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26-11-16, 10:56
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Merry, I have done a query and it has brought up my ancestors. I had to count them. There must be a way of asking how many 7x-great-grandparents I have, but I haven't got that far!
I have identified 61 7x-great-grandparents, 55 8x-great-grandparents, 40 9x-great-grandparents, 27 10x-great-grandparents, 12 11x-great-grandparents and 4 12-great-grandparents. I have added most of them in the last couple of years as the early registers have gone on line, but mostly through identifying them by wills. Some areas of my tree are at a complete standstill.
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26-11-16, 13:00
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It's the question people always ask when you mention family history, isn't it? Although as a hobby I think it's much more fun finding extra information over and above basic name and BMD.
A quick look suggests I've found: 8 great grandparents 16 2xggrandparents 28 3xggrandparents 46 4xggrandparents 42 5xggrandparents 46 6xggrandparents 32 7xggrandparents 22 8xggrandparents 14 9xggrandparents 9 10xggrandparents 6 11xggrandparents 5 12xggrandparents The last few generations are mainly on one line who a) had money and so left Wills b) lived in places with a good run of records
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26-11-16, 13:06
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I will have to check whether FTM can show me this when I am on the other computer, but just looking at the line which I think goes back the furthest, on my ancestry tree, it is early 14th century 19xg-grandfather John de Bradebrugg of Slinfold, Sussex.
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26-11-16, 13:21
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I haven't found so many ancestors for OH, but some of his lines go back quite far.
7 13x-great-grandparents 17 12x-great-grandparents 17 11x-great-grandparents 19 10x-great-grandparents 18 9x-great-grandparents 25 8x-great-grandparents 31 7x-great-grandparents
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