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From: Wally Jansen <>
Subject: Re: Oldest male line?
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 16:55:51 GMT


In <54mmof$> (bryan
tinlin) writes:
>
>What is the oldest traceable European straight male line from someone who
>is alive today? Are there any male line descendants of Charlemagne in the
>present day or, if not, who was the last one?
>
>Bryan
>

I think that this question should be opened up a little. Why not make
it the oldest straight male line or the oldest straight female line?
Presumably this ng isn't only for European men.

For longest continuously documented male line I nominate the current
generation of Confucius (551-479BC) descendants. I remember an article
in the National Geogrphic magazine abot 15 to 25 years ago even showing
a photo of the 77th generation oldest son an a middle aged man.

The longest unbroken male line in my ancestry is 18 generations, and
the longest female line I have is 8 generations. It does seem to be a
lot easier to track the guys.

-Wally

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