Henri I, roi de France - Related

Matt,

Looking at your profile tells me that you are connected to the "World Tree" which is the large amalgamation of family trees that people have created on Geni over the years and are now inextricably interwoven.

If you are getting a message that Henry I is your 31x grandfather then it means exactly that... it might be a mistake but as far as the software is concerned you are direct descendant.

If you go to the profile page of Henry there should be a blue box above his profile that says "How are you related" or perhaps "Show path", either or, push that button and you will see an expanded trail showing your exact connection to Henry.

Matt :)

every generation multiply potential parents by 2 so 30th generation You have potentially 2 power 30 - about 1 bilion (1000000000) ancestors.

Probably this number of ancestors contain several Kings and Queens :)

http://www.geni.com/path/Henri+I+roi+de+France+is+related+to+Matt+B...

Fortunately those ancestors are combined somehow so real number is much smaller but at least Your grandparents have more than 5000 ancestors recorded in geni.

Henn :)

I think it would be very difficult to find someone who ISN'T related to Henri I - or any other royalty for that matter.

Miguel,
Funnily enough I am not related to Henri.
Pure peasant blood runs through my veins it seems!

Hey Matt: You should feel very proud. You are a direct bloodline as I am. Look at the "Geni" connections on the path. THEY ARE ALL ONE COLOR!

Hi, Matt =)

It means you're my 16th cousin, once removed. :-)

Matt Brown your my 16th cousin also!!

Matt, you are my 12th cousin, twice removed. Interestingly, however, Geni is showing that King Henry is my 20th Great Grandfather through my mother and 24th through my father. I am now wondering if my lines are accurate or perhaps my lines to King Henry are simply from slow breeders as opposed to your line of fast breeders.

I once read an article that said that one out of every two Americans from the entire continent (North, Central and South America) were either directly or indirectly related to Charlemagne (Charles the Great).

Yes, Enrique, I've got Charlemagne several times over as a direct great X grandfather. Seems like if I pull on any known line long enough, it leads through him. It's our peasant ancestors that are much more difficult to trace because there are rarely records of them.

Henri I, roi de France is my 29th great grandfather.

Henri I, roi de France is my 26th great grandfather.

Henri I Roi demFrance is my 26th Great Grandfather

Henri I, Roi de France is my 26th great grandfather :)

Has anyone not found a "royal" ancestor?? Anyone just found they are related only to the peasant or serf class. If you have a billion ancestors at the 30th generation back, who would not be related to someone. I find hundreds of "royal" ancestors. Puzzling and interesting. So why are we here and not in some castle somewhere? Maybe we are descended from illegitimate children of kings and queens. Or in my case, my ancestor killed Mary Queen of Scott's secretary Rizzio and had his castle and title taken away. After that it appears each generation married into more common classes.

All I can say is that if you are related to one prominent King or Queen, you are pretty much related to every European royal house (royal family). Royal families, especially the Habsburg Family, were known to purposefully intermarry within themselves and with other royal families in order to maintain power and wealth throughout the Western Hemisphere and all of its colonies throughout the world.

Also, Vicki:

The royals were the people for whom birth, marriage, and death records were kept. Not so for most peasants and serfs. So, now, it's much easier to find the royal ancestors than it is to find the ancestors who weren't nobility.

My grandfather, however, spent 15 years researching his family tree and found only one nondescript German knight. All the nobility is through my grandmother's family. I suspect we're all a combination, but due to the records, we're much more aware of the noble heritage.

Vicki,

Early British settlers to America were often of the privileged nobility: second sons, those who supported the Catholic cause and lost, etc. So, in the USA, if your ancestors go far enough back through the pre-Revolutionary times, chances are you're related to British nobility. Through them, you're related to most other royal families in Europe. As you know, the USA and many other countries opted out of those class distinctions long ago, so there was a lot of intermarrying between old royal houses and the rest of the population.

As to why we're not all in castles, dynasties changed -- and only the firstborn living male heir usually inherited lands and titles, so the family wealth would stay consolidated.

Michele, very well stated! By the way, you are also my 12th cousin!

Michele, very true about royals having records kept. Only one side of my family can I even go back beyond the 1800s. Other attempts to research led to dead ends eventually. Also its far easier at least for me to find things in English or records relating to the UK. Not so easy for other countries. My family only came to the U.S. in the 1880s so they did not go back that far, but still can trace things to various ladies, counts, Sir this and that which eventually led back to the kings and queens.

All true as stated. Most people will only find clear paths through one or two relatives especially the farther west the respective birth states are. If people moved to territories in the west and no census was conducted most birth records were lost or never filed. Also @ Enrique... Your father was my 10th cousin. You're my 10th cousin once removed.

Enrique,

Greetings, Cousin, from Alaska! =)

I'm sure our ancestors would be amazed at how far their descendants have spread. It's so nice modern technologies allow us to virtually meet despite the distances.

Also, hello to all you other cousins!