3 ms·Ask HN: How can someone be 26% of a nationality on Ancestry.com?2 points by chirau 9y agoHow can one have a fraction of a nationality where the denominator is not a power of 2? e.g. 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16todd8 9y ago1/128 + 1/4 = 0.2578125 = 26% approximatelyquirkot 9y agoyou'd need 33 of 128 ancestors which is the level of the parents of your great grand parents' great grand parents