in a tree structure, isn't 24 just an arbitrary number based on which level of the tree you make your claim? if all of mathematics, for example, can be traced

in a tree structure, isn't 24 just an arbitrary number based on which level of the tree you make your claim? if all of mathematics, for example, can be traced ultimately to the first mathematician ever, then the argument can be made that 100% of mathematicians hail from one 'family', or indeed one person.