("borrowed" from "X")
In order to be born, you needed:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 second great-grandparents
32 third great-grandparents
64 fourth great-grandparents
128 fifth great-grandparents
256 sixth great-grandparents
512 seventh great-grandparents
1,024 eighth great grandparents
2,048 ninth great-grandparents
For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years.
Think for a moment:
How many struggles?
How many battles?
How many difficulties?
How much sadness?
How much happiness?
How many love stories?
How many expressions of hope for the future? – did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment...
In order to be born, you needed:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 second great-grandparents
32 third great-grandparents
64 fourth great-grandparents
128 fifth great-grandparents
256 sixth great-grandparents
512 seventh great-grandparents
1,024 eighth great grandparents
2,048 ninth great-grandparents
For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years.
Think for a moment:
How many struggles?
How many battles?
How many difficulties?
How much sadness?
How much happiness?
How many love stories?
How many expressions of hope for the future? – did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment...
Suzi Quatro took her UK driving test this week after unknowingly breaking the law for 54 years.
Quatro moved to the UK from Detroit aged 21 in 1971 and only discovered in January that her US driving licence was only valid for 12 months after entering the country, meaning she's been driving illegally here since 1972.
"I was told when I started to drive in this country that my American licence was fine," 75-year-old Quatro told The Mirror earlier this week. "And over the years I was insured, I had speeding tickets."
"Can you believe it?" she continued. "I only found out in January because the US laws changed too, and they won’t renew your American licence unless you can prove you have been in the particular state your license is from for the last six months, and of course, I can't. I live here. So I needed a British licence.
"I'm 75, for god’s sake. I’ve been driving since I was 16."
Quatro took her test on Wednesday 18th March and thankfully passed at the first attempt.
Breaking the good news to The Mirror, she enthused: "I passed! I’m so pleased. It’s such a relief. I got a couple of minors, nothing big. Honest to God, it’s a joke - Im 75. I've been driving since I was 16.
"My husband was so pleased. He sent messages all over the world to friends of ours. He’s so proud. At 75 it's quite an achievement."
She added: "I told my instructor 'I'm going to have a glass of Champagne'. 'You won’t drive after that, will you?' he joked. 'I will not', I told him."
Quatro moved to the UK from Detroit aged 21 in 1971 and only discovered in January that her US driving licence was only valid for 12 months after entering the country, meaning she's been driving illegally here since 1972.
"I was told when I started to drive in this country that my American licence was fine," 75-year-old Quatro told The Mirror earlier this week. "And over the years I was insured, I had speeding tickets."
"Can you believe it?" she continued. "I only found out in January because the US laws changed too, and they won’t renew your American licence unless you can prove you have been in the particular state your license is from for the last six months, and of course, I can't. I live here. So I needed a British licence.
"I'm 75, for god’s sake. I’ve been driving since I was 16."
Quatro took her test on Wednesday 18th March and thankfully passed at the first attempt.
Breaking the good news to The Mirror, she enthused: "I passed! I’m so pleased. It’s such a relief. I got a couple of minors, nothing big. Honest to God, it’s a joke - Im 75. I've been driving since I was 16.
"My husband was so pleased. He sent messages all over the world to friends of ours. He’s so proud. At 75 it's quite an achievement."
She added: "I told my instructor 'I'm going to have a glass of Champagne'. 'You won’t drive after that, will you?' he joked. 'I will not', I told him."
