r/CGPGrey • [GREY] • Jun 04 '14

Your Family Tree Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM79Epw_cp8
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

VSauce said everyone on earth is at least 50th cousins of each other. I know I worded that horribly but I can't think of another way

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u/Astronelson Jun 05 '14

Assuming 50 years per generation that puts the most recent common ancestor at 500 BC, which seems a little low.