03 December 2015

Where's your Brickwall: Results

127 people responded to the survey which asked:

Working back from yourself along all your ancestral lines, at which generation do you first encounter someone for whom you can't identify both biological parents by first and last names?
The results are:

Response Percent
Self
0.0%
1st generation - parents
0.79%
2nd generation - grandparents
3.94%
3rd generation - great-grandparents
20.47%
4th generation - 2 time great-grandparents
46.46%
5th generation - 3 time great-grandparents
20.47%
6th generation and more distant
7.87%
  

Thanks to all who responded, and congratulations to the majority who have successfully researched further back than I have.

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