Research my family tree

I now know:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great grandparents
16 great great grandparents
31 (of 32) 3rd great grandparents
37 (of 64) 4th great grandparents
23 (of 128) 5th great grandparents
10 (of 256) 6th great grandparents
7 (of 512) 7th great grandparents
5 (of 1,024) 8th great grandparents
5 (of 2,048) 9th great grandparents
2 (of 4,096) 10th great grandparents
4 (of 8,192) 11th great grandparents
4 (of 16,384) 12th great grandparents
4 (of 32,768) 13th great grandparents
5 (of 65,536) 14th great grandparents – Sir Thomas More is one of these
5 (of 131,072) 15th great grandparents
3 (of 262,144) 16th great grandparents
2 (of 524,288) 17th great grandparents
1 (of 1,048,576) 18th great grandparents – grandfather of a woman who died in 1470 (over 2 decades after having a family) so he must be born sometime in the mid-late 1300s.

I keep hearing about how people married and had children when very young and died before they got to middle age in years gone by.

That’s not how it is with my ancestors. Many lived till they were in their 80s and some even in their 90s (not yet found any over 100) – and these were the days before antibiotics.

Also the average age of parents at the birth of my direct ancestors was about 30 – this is much older than I was led to believe was the case in those days. Some were nearly 50 (mainly the men but sometimes it’s the 18th child or something that I’m descended from so can be the women too).

I’ve gone back as far as an 18th great grandfather (born about 1370 I estimate but was almost definitely born before 1400).

I guess some family trees where children are born to young parents may have an extra 10+ generations to get back to this same date.

I now know:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great grandparents
16 great great grandparents
30 (of 32) 3rd great grandparents
30 (of 64) 4th great grandparents
23 (of 128) 5th great grandparents
10 (of 256) 6th great grandparents
7 (of 512) 7th great grandparents
5 (of 1,024) 8th great grandparents
5 (of 2,048) 9th great grandparents
2 (of 4,096) 10th great grandparents
4 (of 8,192) 11th great grandparents
4 (of 16,384) 12th great grandparents
4 (of 32,768) 13th great grandparents
5 (of 65,536) 14th great grandparents – Sir Thomas More is one of these
5 (of 131,072) 15th great grandparents
3 (of 262,144) 16th great grandparents
2 (of 524,288) 17th great grandparents
1 (of 1,048,576) 18th great grandparents – grandfather of a woman who died in 1470 (over 2 decades after having a family) so he must be born sometime in the mid-late 1300s.

I haven’t found any cross-overs of family lines yet but expect to find it sooner rather than later – esp as some of my lines remain in the same villages for a few centuries.

I’m not sure this goal can ever be counted as done!

I have being doing this for years… but I want to continue researching my maiden name Lawday… I have gone back to 1786 on my Father’s side, but now want to research his Mother’s side. Watch this space…!!

I’ve wanted to research my family tree for a while but don’t really know how to do it. I’m going to find out how I go about it and get started!

Im Tayler, I’m really looking for my mothers real father.. I would love for us to meet him & get to know him! She’s 30 & I’m 15 & meeting him would be amazing! I know his first name & thats it.. His name is Mark & he was from the Oklahoma City area from what I understand!

this is so AWSOME THANKZ

I’ve always wondered about the history of my family.

i know nothen about by family so its time to find out

And realized I do have a lot of stuff for my maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, and paternal grandmother. Everything except paternal grandfather. Can trace them up to the 1700s and 1800s. Pretty cool information too—everything from pioneers to mining engineers to vets, from Sweden, Ireland, Spain, Britain.