We all seem "Related" By Katherine Lightwood

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We all seem "Related" 


By Katherine Lightwood


Hey, You guys!!! We are all family. And if you think I am getting emotional, then hell no. Scientifically speaking. Geneticists tell us that every single person on earth is, at the least, 50th cousins with everybody else on earth. And it's kind of has to be that way.

Think of it like this- You have two biological parents, four biological grandparents and eight biological great-grandparents. It keeps doubling. If you follow your family tree all the way back to the time of ancient Romans, 64 generations ago. That tree would need one quintillion separate individuals which is a number that is larger than the number of humans who have ever existed. So, what is that mean?

If you are currently dating or married to somebody who is from your own country and your own ethnicity. There's one in five chance that the two of you share a common family member fewer than ten generations ago.

Furthermore, because our generation our generation is becoming more and more mobile, our recent most common ancestors is becoming more recent. For every human on earth right now our most recent common ancestors probably lived only 2000 to 40000 years ago. A study found that there was a person alive as early as 300 B. C. who is related to every single person alive on earth today. And that person most likely lived in somewhere near Japan so that their descendants could quickly spread around the world.

Now, all that said you only receive half of your genetic information from your mom and another half from your dad. And as you go up your tree it's quite possible that distant, distant ancestors had literally no contribution to your genome.

So, who are you? Because bacteria are so much smaller than human body cells, your body contains more bacteria then it contains its own cell. and they are constantly dying and being replaced. Even cells like brain cells which seem to live for a very long time still take in new nutrients and expel waste meaning that within every five years every single atom that used to make up your body has been exchanged. Do you remember what you look like five years ago? The atoms that make up your body, they sure don't? 

So, that was my thought of the day. To see more posts like this make sure to visit our main page. And Do not forget to visit our institute's page to know more about graphic design, 3D, animation courses and other awesome stuff. Till then good day to you.

Katherine Lightwood 
        

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