I have 274 variants
I tested on both Ancestry and 23 because I am looking for relatives and wanted to cast a wide net. Guess I will pony up the money for my half brother to test so I can narrow down which side is which
Now off to read the comments LOL
Everyone knows about Neanderthalis (first) and Sapiens (last) migrations, but what about the great migration of humans between them, the Denisovans?
Ever tried doing some of the maths? The basic part is that if you go back on generation you are related to 2 people. Go back another and it's 4. then 8, then 16 etc. However, you weren't the only child. Most families until very recently had at least 4 children, so we need to use 4, 16, 64, 256, 1024. get idea. Each generation gives rise to a new one every 25 to 30 years. That is to say AT LEAST 3 generations per century.
It doesn't take many centuries to reach the entire population of a country at that time, and from there to reach the entire population of a continent. Therefore , almost every one of us is related to Alexander the Great, etc, to some degree.
So that bit of paper saying you are related to this or that is actually no big deal.
I remember reading somewhere (unfortunately, I don't think I saved the source, so I can't verify), at certain places/times in history, each illegitimate child was considered the scion of the current ruler. If true, then, many of us are descended from royalty not genetically, but legally. Fun stuff, genealogy, yes?