Longest Documented Family Tree

The longest documented family genealogy in the world is that of Confucius 551-479 B.C., which is 86 generations from his great-great-great-great grandfather, traced back to the 8th century. This family history is regularly updated by his descendants, to ensure accuracy and completeness. What a goal to aim for, if only the records were available for us to go back 86 generations!!!!

It will be interesting to see more of the Oriental, African and obriginal peoples of all continents' family histories being added to the computerized databases in the future.