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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And if everyone of your ancestors was unique (so no inbreeding) 80 mothers ago there would had to be 2^80^ = more than 1.2 septillion people on the planet

[–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And if your grandmother had wheels she would be a bicycle.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Village bicycle*

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This assumes a single child per set of parents, doesn't it?

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No I’m talking about the amount of ancestors in the 80th generation back not the total amount of ancestors. It doesn’t matter how many children each set of parents had for that number.