John's Direct Ancestor Trees to 5th Great-Grandparents: Part 1, Impellizzeri and Milano
These are John's parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. (I wish we had photos for them all!) Because of differences in records availability, research questions, and a myriad of other factors, I've accomplished more in some branches than others. I have more than a lifetime's worth of work, because as we know, the number of ancestors grows exponentially with each generation. I've shared this graphic before, but it's worth a share again for this project. Can you imagine uncovering 4.096 10th great-grandparents?! I have identified two of John's 10th great-grandparents (who also happen to be his 7th great-grandparents in a different branch). Only 4,094 to go! 😄 So, several months ago, I had the idea to try and balance up the tree a bit by attempting to get every branch to the level of 5th great-grandparent (in other words, 4 generations back from the 8 people in the top row of the cover graphic above). Was I successful? Read on for my discoveries. Giuseppe ...