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 of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years.

 

Think for a moment about how many struggles, how many battles,

how much sadness, happiness, love stories, and hope for the future

that your ancestors had to undergo for you to exist in this present moment.

 

You are the dream of many ancestors.