Counting the family…
Family by the Numbers
Records, trends and fun facts from everyone in our tree. Tap any name to see that person.
🏆 Family records
The family's “Hall of Fame”. Records only use exact dates, so guesses like “about 1850” are left out. Open “Runners-up” to see who came close.
📈 Through the years
How life in the family changed over the centuries. Point at (or tap) a bar to see the exact number.
🌍 Where we came from
Birthplaces across the tree, and the journey to America. See them on the Family Map.
📛 Names & birthdays
The names the family loved, and when we celebrate.
🎂 Who shares your birthday?
Pick a day to see who in the family was born (or married) on it.
📚 Popular names through the centuries
The three most-used first names in each century, with how many people had them.
💡 Did you know?
Fun coincidences hiding in the tree. Open “See who” for the names.
How are these numbers worked out?
- Everything is counted live from the family tree, so the numbers change as people are added or corrected.
- Records only use exact dates. Dates marked “about”, “before” or “after” still count in the charts.
- Couples entered twice are counted once.
- “Youngest mother/father/bride/groom” only look at events at least 100 years ago.
- Values that are almost certainly mistakes are left out, for example a mother older than 55 or younger than 12, a life longer than 106 years, or spouses more than 35 years apart.
- The “How long they lived” chart only includes people born before 1900. For people born later, the tree mostly has death dates for those who died young, which would make the average misleading.
- Some dates are written with two-digit years (like “28-Jan-90”). The century is chosen to fit the rest of the family: parents, husband or wife, and children.
- “Came to America” uses the first time someone born abroad shows up in the U.S.: their wedding, a child's birth, or their death.