Comments on: Poll: How many surnames on your tree? http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/03/poll-how-many-last-names-are-in-your-family-tree/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:05:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ALEKSANDRA http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/03/poll-how-many-last-names-are-in-your-family-tree/#comment-21697 ALEKSANDRA Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:40:33 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=22050#comment-21697 aleksandra kaganovskaya March 27th, 2012- 20:30 I HAVE 471 NAMES, 38 IN DIRECT LINE aleksandra kaganovskaya
March 27th, 2012- 20:30

I HAVE 471 NAMES, 38 IN DIRECT LINE

]]> By: joe spencer http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/03/poll-how-many-last-names-are-in-your-family-tree/#comment-18827 joe spencer Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:52:18 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=22050#comment-18827 thanks to the work of many other people....there is a list of family names thanks to the work of many other people….there is a list of family names

]]> By: Colin Ritchie http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/03/poll-how-many-last-names-are-in-your-family-tree/#comment-18821 Colin Ritchie Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:13:13 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=22050#comment-18821 I have 102 names, 41 in direct line. I have 102 names, 41 in direct line.

]]> By: Robin Clay http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/03/poll-how-many-last-names-are-in-your-family-tree/#comment-18771 Robin Clay Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:38:59 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=22050#comment-18771 If you go back to William the Conq, if a generation is about 33 years, then that's about 30 generations, i.e. 2 the the power of 30 ancestors, = about 1,500 million. The population of Britain then was about 2 million, so (averaging) each one of those would appear 750 times. I ony have about 822 different surnames in my *ancestry*. But, in my *Tree*, there are all the spouses, which would bring it up to about four times that, plus second spouses, say 3,500 that I know about. And then there are all the cousins I know about, and their spouses.... probaly times four again - or even times eight ! What the hell - call it 35,000 ! And then halve it for duplicate names.... How long is a piece of string ? If you go back to William the Conq, if a generation is about 33 years, then that’s about 30 generations, i.e. 2 the the power of 30 ancestors, = about 1,500 million. The population of Britain then was about 2 million, so (averaging) each one of those would appear 750 times. I ony have about 822 different surnames in my *ancestry*. But, in my *Tree*, there are all the spouses, which would bring it up to about four times that, plus second spouses, say 3,500 that I know about. And then there are all the cousins I know about, and their spouses…. probaly times four again – or even times eight ! What the hell – call it 35,000 ! And then halve it for duplicate names…. How long is a piece of string ?

]]> By: Terry C http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/03/poll-how-many-last-names-are-in-your-family-tree/#comment-18755 Terry C Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:40:12 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=22050#comment-18755 At this time I have 3081 different surnames ~ not including variations of the same name. I've been doing Genealogy for over 30 years so it's not really as many as it appears for the number of people in my tree. Good Luck all and keep digging..... At this time I have 3081 different surnames ~ not including variations of the same name. I’ve been doing Genealogy for over 30 years so it’s not really as many as it appears for the number of people in my tree. Good Luck all and keep digging…..

]]> By: DDI G A Gamauf http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/03/poll-how-many-last-names-are-in-your-family-tree/#comment-18730 DDI G A Gamauf Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:35:33 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=22050#comment-18730 i guess zje program counts them already. where do i find the resulting count? i guess zje program counts them already. where do i find the resulting count?

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