Help:Ahnentafel

An Ahnentafel is a word used to refer to an ancestry chart. The format follows a number system:

The home person is #1 on the chart, their parents are #2 (father) and #3 (mother). It follows a format after ward as 4. father's father, 5. father's mother, 6. mother's father, 7. mother's mother, etc. All males on the chart are even, all females are odd numbers. The only exception is the home person (#1) could be either male or female. An example chart:


 * Self
 * 1. Self


 * Parents
 * 2. Father
 * 3. Mother


 * Grandparents
 * 4. Father's father
 * 5. Father's mother
 * 6. Mother's father
 * 7. Mother's mother


 * Great grandparents
 * 8. Father's father's father
 * 9. Father's father's mother
 * 10. Father's mother's father
 * 11. Father's mother's mother
 * 12. Mother's father's father
 * 13. Mother's father's mother
 * 14. Mother's mother's father
 * 15. Mother's mother's mother

With each generation, each amount of people doubles. Everyyone has 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16 2nd great grandparents, 32 3rd great grandparents, etc. The only exception is with intermarriages, but those people with similar ancestries are counted twice.

To figure out a person's father, double their number. To figure out a person's mother, double their number and add one. Example:

Number 8, your father's father's father (your great grandfather). Their father would be at number 16 (8 x 2 = 16) and their mother at 17 (8 x 2 + 1 = 17). Number 17's motehr is at 35 (17 x 2 + 1 = 35).