Saturday, March 3, 2007

Theory of Relatives

My theory is that we are all related. I must be some distant cousin of Einstein: albeit, the one who saw a purpose in physics but couldn't get past spewing the contents of my last meal on plane rides - let alone traveling at high speed on some rocket through space. I'm that lady at Six Flags who got them to stop the ferris wheel and let me off because they recognized a real scream of panic when they heard one.

Back to my theory . . . Yes, we are all related, and I can prove it through simple mathematics. You have two parents, right? Four grandparents? Eight great-grandparents? 16 great-great-grandparents. It keeps doubling each generation. By thirty generations, you have 1 billion ancestors. The only problem is that 30 generations back, there weren't 1 billion people on the planet. I'll leave you to mull over where we all came from. Those who study calculus and such can explain it better, but it seems that gene skipped me, too.

Unfortunately, that might also mean that we're related to people we would just as soon not mention in polite circles. BUT since we're family, I suppose we can talk about them behind their backs when they don't arrive at the annual Christmas get togethers.

Personally, I think people/relatives are far more complex than the Theory of Relativity - and more interesting, too. Really, wouldn't you rather sit around the dinner table while Grandma (who's been into the liquor cabinet) gossips than sit in a lecture hall discussing speed in relation to energy and mass?

So sit back, cousin (or sister, brother, uncle with 6 toes, or whoever), it's going to be a bumpy ride.

3 comments:

Laurie said...

No one I would like better than a relation than you. Except, maybe, a dog. But I think you know exactly what I mean. xoxox

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