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Subject My direct ancestor was a Knights Templar who signed the Magna Carta

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in all probability, he's my direct ancestor too.
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Interesting another long lost relative.
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i don't think you get what I'm saying
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No I guess I don't. Can you spell it out for me?
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how many great great grandparents do you have? assuming a generation of 20 years

16?

how long ago were they living?

about 80 years ago?

well, 160 years ago, you had 16 x 16 great...........grandparents, right?

that's 256 [b]direct [/b]ancestors over 160 years

now go back 320 years. you had 256 x 256 direct ancestors

that's 65536

ok, now go back 640 years, still a good few hundred years after the magna carter, 65536 x 65536

that's 4 and a quarter billion. obviously, there weren't that many around back then, which means we're all incestuous bastardos!

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we're all related.
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Original Message Well it turns out that a trip down memory lane in the old family bible reveals that not only am I directly related to a Knight Templar, but he signed the original Magna Carta and was given a Knights burial in London where you can still view his tomb. See pic below.

How cool a discovery is that!
History rocks.

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