Hooded heritage
Question: I have a problem which has been perplexing me for some time. I was
idly wondering how many of my ancestors were alive at the time of Robin Hood. If
a generation can be said to be about 25 years, and the aforementioned Mr Hood
allegedly lived in the 12th century, using this approximate information there
must have been 232 (4 294 967 296) of my forebears extant at the time.
The available breeding population of the areas in England and Ireland where
my ancestors originated, and where transport was limited, can only have been a…
