Generations

ftfotb · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:07 pm Post subject: Generations

Here is a handy chart that shows how many horses are in each generation, and how many total ancestors are in a pedigree.

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Pat Mefferd · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:50 pm Post subject:

Susan.....I was going thru the 1944 Western Horseman earlier today...and Carl Raswan (Arabians) wrote about "generations"....I need to copy it for Robyn....showing her that it was that way back in 1944 and way before that.

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NZ Appaloosas · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:07 pm Post subject:

When I speak of generations behind a horse, I tend to say something like "xyz is the 4th generation of apps" or "xyz had 3 generations of apps behind". To me, the first way is counting from the first generation of nothing but apps down to the subject horse, while the second is counting from the subject horse backwards. Is that an incorrect way of counting?

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Pat Mefferd · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:33 pm Post subject:

Current generation is the "Subject Horse" is an Appaloosa....

This is from WHM May/June 1944 pg 5 & 6 by Carl Raswan (Arabian Researcher)....I have added the breed as Appaloosa

First generation = 1 sire & 1 dam Appaloosa;
(2 horses = 2 ancestors behind subject horse)
Second generation = 2 grandsires & 2 granddams Appaloosas;
(4 horses = 6 ancestors behind subject horse)
Third generation =4 great grandsires & 4 great granddams Appaloosas
(8 horses = 14 ancestors behind subject horse)

The above = three generations of Appaloosas.

Pat
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NZ Appaloosas · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:10 pm Post subject:

That's sounding an awful lot like "math", Pat! Shocked

So, in other words, I'm more correct saying "XYZ has 3 generations of apps behind" than saying "XYZ is the 4th generation of apps"?

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ftfotb · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:15 pm Post subject:

Pat Mefferd · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject:

Ditto - Ditto!
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NZ Appaloosas · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:33 pm Post subject:

Okay, so long as I'm gonna be clear to people. LOL Hubby says I start in the middle of conversations enough as it is, expecting him to have read my mind for the first part of the conversation. Embarassed

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