There are loads of simplifying assumptions here, but it gives a general idea of just how likely certain life events are. The statistics are mostly for people in the US and assume each descendant has exactly two children (using the remaining 0.4 to account for infertility, deaths, etc).
Second generation: grandchildren (~25 years)
Third generation: great grandchildren (~50 years)
Fourth generation (~75 years)
- One daughter will be raped
- One daughter will have breast cancer
- One son will have prostate cancer
- One daughter will give birth as a teen
Fifth generation (~100 years)
- One will be gay, lesbian, or bisexual
- One will be marry someone of another race
- One will be in severe poverty
Sixth generation (~125 years)
- One will be a millionaire
- One son will be raped
- One will be a genius
- One will be autistic
- One will be transgendered
- One will be intersexed
- One son will die from prostate cancer
- One will be diagnosed with HIV
- One will earn a college degree in engineering
Seventh generation (~150 years)
- One will die in a car crash
- Two will be fraternal twins
- One will be retarded
- One will be in prison at any given time
- One will commit suicide
- One will be illiterate
Eighth generation (~175 years)
Ninth generation (~200 years)
Tenth generation (~225 years)
Eleventh generation (~250 years)
Twelfth generation (~275 years)
Thirteenth generation (~300 years)
Fourteenth generation (~325 years)
Fifteenth generation (~350 years)
Sixteenth generation (~375 years)
Seventeenth generation (~400 years)
Eighteenth generation (~425 years)
Nineteenth generation (~450 years)
Twentieth generation (~475 years)
Twenty first generation (~500 years)
Twenty second generation (~525 years)
Twenty third generation (~550 years)
Twenty fourth generation (~575 years)
- One will win the Nobel Prize
Twenty fifth generation (~600 years)
- One will be President
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