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From: Wells & Mary Behee <>
Subject: [MAESSEX] genealogy
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 09:28:35 -0500


Dear COUSIN;
Everyone reading this letter is one of my cousins. I ascend from every
line of royalty of England, France, Spain, Russia, India. At the same time
I am related to Bluebeard, Capt. Kidd, Robespierre, and every other
despicable person of history--royal and nonroyal.
WHY? The following article was written by Bill Sones and Rich
Sones,Ph.D., <,com>
"If you trace your family tree back just 30 generations, and assume 25
years for a generation, your ancestry over this 750 years encompasses first
two parents, then four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, 16
great-great- grandparents, 32 great-great-great grandparents, 34, 128, 256,
512, 1024, 2048...finally, 1,073,741,824 people!
"But 750 years ago it was the 13th century and there were fewer than a
billion people in the world. Which means that more recently than a scant
30 generations ago your mother's and father's gene lines were merged, with
ancestors common to both.
"Follow your lineage back 50 generations and the number of common parental
ancestors grows enormous---so enormous in fact, says Guy Murchie in 'The
Seven Mysteries of Life', that the entire human species can be encompassed
'within the scope of fiftieth cousinhood.'
"This would mean that your own ancestors include not only some Whites and
blacks, Chinese and Arabs...but all the whites, blacks, Chinese, Malays,
Latins, Eskimos...who lived on earth around A.D.700. 'It is virtually
certain therefore that you are a direct descendant of Muhammad and every
fertile predecessor of his, including Krishna, Confucius, Abraham, Buddha,
Caesar, Ishmael and Judas Iscariot.'"


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