I AM KIN TO EVERYBODY

 I have always been critical of persons tracking their genealogy.  Beyond the third generation it becomes ridiculous.   Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and people who track their lineage back to Plymouth are spouting nonsense.   Considering 1630, someone born in 1950 can count  262,144 grandparents, while the population of the United States (less Native Americans) was less than 5,000.   Anyone, with more than three generations in the United States could probably qualify for either.

During the 1600's many women died of child birth, resulting in a large percentage of husbands having more than one wife/family.  Along with immigration, the unavoidable intermarriage of half siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins...  has to be factored in the early population growth.  A complete genealogy search of these early dates might be quite revealing. 

Chart for someone born in 1950

DATE	GENERATION	GRANDFATHERS	GRANDMOTHERS
1950	1	2	2
1930	2	4	4
1910	3	8	8
1890	4	16	16
1870	5	32	32
1850	6	64	64
1830	7	128	128
1810	8	256	256
1790	9	512	512
1770	10	1,024	1,024
1750	11	2,048	2,048
1730	12	4,096	4,096
1710	13	8,192	8,192
1690	14	16,384	16,384
1670	15	32,768	32,768
1650	16	65,536	65,536
1630	17	131,072	131,072
1610	18	262,144	262,144
1590	19	524,288	524,288
1570	20	1,048,576	1,048,576
1550	21	2,097,152	2,097,152
1530	22	4,194,304	4,194,304
1510	23	8,388,608	8,388,608
1490	24	16,777,216	16,777,216

 

1780	1770	1760	1750	1740	1730	1720	1710	1700	1690	1680	1670	1660	1650	1640	1630
2780369	2148076	1593625	1170760	905563	629445	466185	331711	250888	210372	151507	111935	75058	50368	26634	4646

 Estimated Population of the United States 1630 to 1780

Young women have typically started families by age twenty; therefore, I have used twenty years as the time interval for previous generations

 

year	1400	1500	1600	1700	1800	1900	Sept. 2021
population	400	500	600	700	900	1.6	7.787
	Million	Million	Million	Million	Million	Billion	Billion

Estimated world population

 

# You can adjust the Date up or down by 20 year increments to determine your generational numbers.

Just saying

the Ol'Buzzard