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 1024 eighth great-grandparents and 2048 ninth great-grandparents. For you to be born today from 12 previous generations you needed a total of 4094 ancestors over the last 400 years. Think for a moment - how many struggles? How many battles? How many difficulties? How much sadness? How much happiness? How many love stories? How many expressions of hope for the future? - did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment, just for you to put on a maid dress and cat ears?
