• Godric@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Is one of your 16 great grandparents a president? Are you contributing something to the world millions have enjoyed?

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      5 hours ago

      Typically one has eight great-grandparents.

      And yes, thank you for asking.

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      5 hours ago

      Guessing from the hostile tone of your response that my own tone was badly conveyed. I was just making a general observation that we seem to automatically treat relatively distant ancestors with the same significance as grandparents. I do the same.