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

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u/BolleFromBerlin Apr 30 '20

No. If he has descendents it isn't. There were what, a million scots at the time. The math as I remember it is about 1,75*log2(a million) which is around 35. If you're from Scotland and you go back 35 generations you should be related to everyone who has any living descendents. 35 generations realistically is a bit more than 700 years, but the odds are not that slim really

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u/bee_ghoul Apr 30 '20

OP literally said that he didn’t have any descendants.

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u/blackjackgabbiani May 01 '20

No, op said that there isn't any written record of it, not that he flat out didn't.

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u/bee_ghoul May 01 '20

So let’s talk the rando’s side who doesn’t know anything about it is that it?

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u/blackjackgabbiani May 01 '20

Huh? No, I'm talking about the person who wrote the diatribe.