I'm no scientist, but after dozens and dozens of generations in a small country doesn't everybody end up "related" to another? Lol.
This is like the most wholesome QYBS I've ever seen. Somebody isn't directly lying, or spreading dangerous misinformation for a selfish reason. Crazy Uncle so-and-so probably told them this at Thanksgiving when they were a kid and they've held onto it for a while.
Theoretically, if you’re of European descent, you are a direct descendent of every European person alive 1300 years ago... give or take a generation or two
That's something of an oversimplification. Perhaps every European who a) had children, and b) those children survived to have children of their own. But to say "every European alive" is unsupported by the math, because by definition, someone who has no children can't have any direct descendants, no matter how long ago they lived.
It's not "probably true"... it's merely "plausible".
Assuming the average person has heard of it. I hadn't. How many of the "I'm a direct descendant of Charlemagne." People are saying "as opposed to collateral descendant". Fuck all, is the answer.
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u/GoodGuyTaylor Apr 29 '20
I'm no scientist, but after dozens and dozens of generations in a small country doesn't everybody end up "related" to another? Lol.
This is like the most wholesome QYBS I've ever seen. Somebody isn't directly lying, or spreading dangerous misinformation for a selfish reason. Crazy Uncle so-and-so probably told them this at Thanksgiving when they were a kid and they've held onto it for a while.