You’ve got a lot of folks pulling for you!! In order to be born, you needed:
- 2 parents
- 4 grandparents
- 8 great-grandparents
- 16 second great-grandparents
- 32 third great-grandparents
- 64 fourth great-grandparents
- 128 fifth great-grandparents
- 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 sum of 4,096 ancestors over the last 400 years.
Think for a Moment
How many prayers? How many struggles? How many battles?
How many difficulties? How much sadness?
How much happiness? How many love stories?
How many expressions of hope for the future – did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment…?
~Lyrical Zen
A powerful reminder of our roots and love and challenge