We Are All Related
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[Vsauce]Hey, Vsauce, Michael here, and you guysare my family.Scientifically speaking, geneticists tell usthat every single person on earth is, at the least,50th cousins with everybody else on earth.It kind of has to be that way.Think of it like this— you have two biological parentsand four biological grandparents,and eight biological great-grandparents. It keeps doubling.Well, if you follow your family tree all the way backto the time of the ancient Romans, 64 generations ago,that tree would needone quintillion separate individuals,which is a number that is largerthan the number of humans who have ever existed. Ever.So what does that mean?Well, I think Bill Bryson put it best when he said,"You couldn't be here without a little incest—actually, qu...
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[Vsauce]Hey, Vsauce, Michael here, and you guysare my family.Scientifically speaking, geneticists tell usthat every single person on earth is, at the least,50th cousins with everybody else on earth.It kind of has to be that way.Think of it like this— you have two biological parentsand four biological grandparents,and eight biological great-grandparents. It keeps doubling.Well, if you follow your family tree all the way backto the time of the ancient Romans, 64 generations ago,that tree would needone quintillion separate individuals,which is a number that is largerthan the number of humans who have ever existed. Ever.So what does that mean?Well, I think Bill Bryson put it best when he said,"You couldn't be here without a little incest—actually, qu...
