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?