#52 Ancestors 2023 Week 8 I Can Identify: Update on the Ancestor Hunt

 Last year, I created a post where I calculated the number of ancestors from each generation that I had managed to track down.  So this year, I thought I would update that post to show where I had made some progress in naming a few more of my ancestors. 

I did make some progress in the last year, in part due to my discovery of a whole new line of ancestors of whom I was previously unaware--the Austins of South Carolina.  And I did manage to add a few other great grandparents here and there. 

Here is my chart from last year:

The Ancestor Hunt 2022

Generation	Number of Members	Number Found	Percentage
1.       Parents	2	2	100
2.       Grandparents	4	4	100
3.       Great Grandparents	8	8	100
4.       2X Grandparents	16	16	100
5.       3X Grandparents	32	32	100
6.       4X Grandparents	64	62	97
7.       5X Grandparents	128	114	89
8.       6X Grandparents	256	158	62
9.       7X Grandparents	512	249	49
1.       8X Grandparents	1024	294	29

So out of a possible 2046 ancestors in ten generations, I had found 939 or 46 percent of them. 

Here is my new chart for 2023:

The Ancestor Hunt 2023

Generation	Number of Members	Found 2022	% 2022	Found 2023	% 2023
1.       Parents	2	2	100	2	100
2.       Grandparents	4	4	100	4	100
3.       Great Grandparents	8	8	100	8	100
4.       2X Grandparents	16	16	100	16	100
5.       3X Grandparents	32	32	100	32	100
6.       4X Grandparents	64	62	97	63	98
7.       5X Grandparents	128	114	89	123	96
8.       6X Grandparents	256	158	62	204	80
9.       7X Grandparents	512	249	49	265	52
10.   8X Grandparents	1024	294	29	323	32
Total	2046	939	46	1040	51

Most of the additions were in the last three generations, so going back to the 17th and 18th centuries.  

I have now managed to find 1040 ancestors from ten generations or 51 percent of them. So, yeah! I managed to push past the halfway point. (Still haven't found that elusive 4X great grandmother, though.) And of course, this does not count all the siblings, cousins, uncles, aunts, etc. that I have discovered. 

Perhaps this year, I can add in numbers for generations and 11 and 12.  That would focus a lot more on immigrant ancestors, most of whom came to America/Maryland/Virginia from western Europe. 

And I plan to continue work on tracking the family back to my 39th great grandfather, Charlemagne.  That should add a bunch of new ancestors.