Inquiring minds might ask...

...does the "Six Degrees of Separation" idea work with Darrtown?

Could ANY INDIVIDUAL be connected to DARRTOWN in six or fewer connections?

Might YOU be connected to Darrtown's founder, Conrad Darr, and not realize it?

Might you be related to another person from Darrtown and neither of you realize it? The answer to this question MIGHT BE "YES," as demonstrated by the three examples provided below.

The following quotations appeared in an article about how humans are more closely related than most people realize.

"Go back a bit further, and you reach a date when our family trees share not just one ancestor in common, but every ancestor in common."

The interconnectivity of families, as illustrated by the four quotations above, brings to mind a concept known as...

"Six Degrees of Separation" is the idea that ALL PEOPLE, on average, are SIX or fewer, social connections from each other.

The family tree of humanity is much more interconnected than we tend to think. “We’re culturally bound and psychologically conditioned to not think about ancestry in very broad terms,” Rutherford says. Genealogists can only focus on one branch of a family tree at a time, making it easy to forget how many forebears each of us has."

“Branches of your family tree don’t consistently diverge,” Rutherford says. Instead “they begin to loop back into each other.” As a result, many of your ancestors occupy multiple slots in your family tree. For example, “your great-great-great-great-great-grandmother might have also been your great-great-great-great-aunt,” he explains."

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"The late esteemed English actor Christopher Lee traced his ancestry directly to Charlemagne. In 2010, Lee released a symphonic metal album paying homage to the first Holy Roman emperor—but his enthusiasm may have been a tad excessive. After all, says geneticist Adam Rutherford, 'literally everyone' with European ancestry is directly descended from Charlemagne.'

EXAMPLE #1

The following link leads to a story of two men, each with a connection to Darrtown, who, prior to 2022, had never met. A search at Ancestry.com revealed that the two men are related.  A third man (who lives 500 miles east of Darrtown) connected the two.

EXAMPLES #2 and #3

The following links show how the two men cited in Example #1 (at the left) are connected to Conrad Darr.

The village of Darrtown, Ohio was created by the actions of one man ... Conrad Darr, who purchased the land and platted the streets and lots of the village that he named "Darr's Town."

Click the following link to see an eight-generation, 30-page report of Conrad Darr descendants.

Over time, the village name shortened and Conrad Darr's legacy lengthened.

Conard's legacy grew - not just because the village carries his name, but...also, because of the number of his descendants.

If you like, you may download a copy of this file.

SEE: "Is that you, cousin?"

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Here is a link to the article:  "Humans Are More Closely Related Than We Commonly Think"

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Here is some background information about the topic of genealogy.

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Genealogy is commonly defined as

"a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor."