A letter to the editor of the Gaurdian puts the iscovery into context:
If a generational gap is 25 years, roughly, then 800 years is 32 generations. One generation back you have two ancestors, and 32 generations back you have 4,294,967,296. Given that this exceeds the entire population in the 12th century, it would be more surprising if you could prove that George Bush wasn't related to Strongbow (Scion of traitors and warlords, January 27). Paul Ticher Leicester
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The mathematics of King George and Strongbow
If a generational gap is 25 years, roughly, then 800 years is 32 generations. One generation back you have two ancestors, and 32 generations back you have 4,294,967,296. Given that this exceeds the entire population in the 12th century, it would be more surprising if you could prove that George Bush wasn't related to Strongbow (Scion of traitors and warlords, January 27).
Paul Ticher
Leicester
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,1401169,00.html
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