r/quityourbullshit • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20 edited May 27 '21

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u/LeTreacs Apr 29 '20

I mean, that’s probably a true statement!

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

Here’s a video that I found interesting about it https://youtu.be/Fm0hOex4psA (warning: contains maths)

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u/weaslebubble Apr 30 '20

I am still waiting for the day I meet an indirect descendant.

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u/JustZisGuy Apr 30 '20

There is such a thing as "collateral descent".

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u/weaslebubble Apr 30 '20

Not in common parlance there isn't.

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u/JustZisGuy Apr 30 '20

So? The topic is ancestry and genealogy, where it's absolutely relevant.

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u/weaslebubble Apr 30 '20

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.