How many people can boast a perfect set of named gt-gt-gt-grandparents?

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi, Everyone,
It has just occurred to me that it really must be quite rare/ fortunate to be able to trace back and name all 32 of ones forbears, going back 5 generations.  It's only recently that I have pushed backwards on certain lines (with a huge amount of help by fellow Rootschatters, I hasten to add), but because of a couple of illegitimate births in the family (two of my gt-grandparents) I don't suppose I'll ever know the exact truth on certain lines.
So, who is lucky enough to be able to exhibit a perfect set of 32 (almost said molars!) ancestors?
Sorry if this has already discussed, but just thought I'd ask.  Not too much boasting, please, for we rely so much on the efforts of other kind souls, after all...
Keith,

[Boongie Pam]

I would love to be able to.

I only have my maternal side to research so I fall at the first hurdle.  I have started my step dad's tree - he's been my dad since I was 3 so it's of more interest anyway.

Can I include my step dad's family?

On my maternal side of the 16 I have 14. 

2 will always be missing  unless the 1911 census undoes the illegitimacy which I doubt.  If I'm allowed my gggrandad's step father then I have a full quota but as my gggrandfather never changed his name to the new dad's then I'd think he was never adopted as such.

Actually it doesn't really help including my step dad as I only have 6 of his 16.

Some bits still to do then 

P

[Kevwood]

Hi i have 14 out of the 16 g-g-g grandads and 12 g-g-g grandmas( but only 8 known maiden names). So 26 in all out of what i see as for me a possible 28.

Two wives names left.

As my great grandad Wood seems to be illegitimate i think that is all the ones i will ever get!!.

Very annoying that the only line i get nowhere on is my family name

Kev.

[janetm]

I am very lucky, on my husbands side I have all 16 GGG Grandparents ! On my side of the family I have 15 and a first name. This has taken many years many many visits to Archives etc......................but the satisfaction. I am now well on the way to a complete next generation ( only 16 missing!)

all the best
Jan

[CarolynM]

I have 30 - all on my father's side are present and correct (I hope!) but my mother has one illegitimacy - I know the name of the person my Gt-gt-gt-grandmother married but I don't know if he was the father of her child born 2 years earlier, and never will - and I have one missing wife - my Gt-gt grandmother was born in about 1853 so her birth certificate should be available to give me her mother's name, but I can't find it, and she's not on any censuses until after her marriage.

[Lesanne]

  In answer to your question........ Not me, that's for sure, so far... 2...

        And to think I got my first cert from those huge volumes
                    in Somerset House 40 years ago. 

                          Great fun and friends along the way though. 

                                             Lesanne.   

                                     

[lovin lass]

wow thats amazing well done to you all
iv got many years of researching left ,but it just shows me never to give up hope

best wishes angie

[Little Nell]

Well, I know I can't.

I know 15 ggg grandfathers, 8 ggg grandmothers (full names), 3 ggg grandmothers first names only, which leaves me six to find.  One is Irish, so left that one for the moment.  All bar one of the others married pre 1837 and in areas that are miles away from their birth-place.  Good fun though. 

Nell

[Paul E]

Still missing 5 of them ... but one's father to an illegitimate daughter, while  the other 4 are from Scotland.

I obviously have enough of their blood in me to prevent me paying to access ScotlandsPeople!

Paul