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Every generation back doubles your ancestors. 33 generations (~1,000 years) gives 8.6 billion places in your family tree, more than everyone alive today... but only ~300 million people lived then. So the same people appear again and again, and a few thousand years back, we all share ancestors.
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Every generation back doubles your ancestors. 33 generations (~1,000 years) gives 8.6 billion places in your family tree, more than everyone alive today... but only ~300 million people lived then. So the same people appear again and again, and a few thousand years back, we all share ancestors.

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Every generation back doubles your ancestors. 33 generations (~1,000 years) gives 8.6 billion places in your family tree, more than everyone alive today... but only ~300 million people lived then.…

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