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1 Brainwave Connections Year’s End 2006

Text Box: Sometimes, we can learn something simply by thinking about the obvious. Take, for example, the obvious truth that everyone has exactly two parents. Not at least two, not at most two, but exactly two. Necessarily. Let us take this simple observation to some of its logical conclusions. Along with the fact that it takes an average of 20-30 years for each generation. Based on this beginning, we make several deductions. The obvious one is that everyone must have 2 parents. If either one of them had not existed, you would not have been born. You owe your existence entirely, and totally, to these two people, whose DNA you share. A next conclusion is that every person must have at least 4 grandparents, ancestors at the “2-generation” mark, which is approximately 50 years ago. And each of these 4 people must have existed, for you to be here today. Similarly, everyone must have 8 ancestors at the “3-generation” mark, approximately 75 years ago. And clearly, if any of these great-grandparents had not existed, you would not be reading this today. Taking this to its logical extentions, let us consider a time 200 years ago. Since this is approximately at the “7-generation mark”, you will necessarily have 128 ancestors

Text Box: around this time. If any one of them had not existed, you would not be here today. You owe your very life to these 128 special people, each one of whom contributed materially and necessarily, to your existence, and whose DNA you share. Who were these 128 people in the year 1806? What did they think? What did they feel? Did any of them know each other? What were their hopes and dreams? Their achievements and disappointments? Did they realize that at some point in the unforseeable future, a very significant part of the human experience would depend upon their exploits? Take this reasoning to a point of time 500 years ago. At this

Text Box: time, 16 generations ago, you would have something like 100,000 ancestors. This is a very large number. It would exceed the size of any typical town, and a group this size would constitute a significant force. And every one of these people was necessary to your future existence. (continued on page 4) 1000 years ago, 33 generations in the past, you would lay claim to no fewer than a billion ancestors. But this number exceeds the population of the earth at that time. Clearly, you cannot have a billion unique ancestors in the year 1000. There weren’t enough people to go around. This means that, inevitably, ancestors in one part of your

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