Did you ever think, says a Paris paper, how many male and female ancestors were required to bring 1 you into the world ? First, it was necessary you should hare a father , and mother — that makes two human beings. Each of them must also have a father and mother — that makes four human beings. Each of these four must have a father and mother — that makes eight human beings. And so on wo must go back for 56 generntious, which brings us on to the time of Jesus Christ. The calculations thus resulting shows that 139,235,017,482,534,976 births must have taken place m order to bring you into the world — you, who read these lines.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 129, 8 May 1883, Page 2
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