By Amparo Garcia-Crow on 4/21/2009 2:12 PM
Dancing with the Ancestors - Easter Sunday
The last Sunday I guided the music, which was Easter Sunday, we had a family reunion. We celebrated dancing with the 'missing' which in reality---in the dance, is completely present with us always.
I began with the notion of mathematics, particularly the mathematical probability that all living humans today have a common ancestor if you go back 2,000 to 5,000 years. (MAPPING HUMAN HISTORY by Steve Olson) Olson states that if you go back 5,000 to 7,000 years we would all have the same set of ancestors.
Year Generation Ancestors
2000 1 You You
1975 2 2 2 parents
1950 3 6 4 grandparents
1925 4 14 8 g grandparents
1900 5 30 16 gg grandparents
1875 6 62 32 ggg grandparents
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