Calculating Persons in an Ancestor Chart
This EXCLUDES uncles aunts and siblings, that is it ONLY counts the primary individuals in each generation, the child, Mother Father, etc
Generation Number Number of persons per Generation Total Number of persons in a Genealogy tree from now to then
Generation No. 1 (You) 1 1
Generation No. 2 2 3
Generation No. 3 4 7
Generation No. 4 8 15
Generation No. 5 16 31
Generation No. 6 32 63
Generation No. 7 64 127
Generation No. 8 128 255
Generation No. 9 256 511
Generation No. 10 512 1,023
Generation No. 11 1,024 2,047
Generation No. 12 2,048 4,095
Generation No. 13 4,096 8,191
Generation No. 14 8,192 16,383
Generation No. 15 16,384 32,767
Generation No. 16 32,768 65,535
Generation No. 17 65,536 131,071
Generation No. 18 131,072 262,143
Generation No. 19 262,144 524,287
Generation No. 20 524,288 1,048,575
Generation No. 21 1,048,576 2,097,151
Generation No. 22 2,097,152 4,194,303
Generation No. 23 4,194,304 8,388,607
Generation No. 24 8,388,608 16,777,215
Generation No. 25 16,777,216 33,554,431
Generation No. 26 33,554,432 67,108,863
Generation No. 27 67,108,864 134,217,727
Generation No. 28 134,217,728 268,435,455
Generation No. 29 268,435,456 536,870,911
Generation No. 30 536,870,912 1,073,741,823
Generation No. 31 1,073,741,824 2,147,483,647
Generation No. 32 2,147,483,648 4,294,967,295
Generation No. 33 4,294,967,296 8,589,934,591
Generation No. 34 8,589,934,592 17,179,869,183
Generation No. 35 17,179,869,184 34,359,738,367
Generation No. 36 34,359,738,368 68,719,476,735
Generation No. 37 68,719,476,736 137,438,953,471
Generation No. 38 137,438,953,472 274,877,906,943
Generation No. 39 274,877,906,944 549,755,813,887
Generation No. 40 549,755,813,888 1,099,511,627,77