# Ancestors Count Gramplet

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**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [July 5, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ancestors-count-gramplet/3777 "2023-07-05T21:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guacacole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@Guacacole](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Guacacole)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ancestors-count-gramplet/3777/1 "2023-07-05T21:47:48Z")

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(Gramps 5.1.5 Windows)

Is there a Gramplet that lets you see the count of ancestors a person has in the database? I haven’t seen a way to do this, and I think it would make for a nice Gramplet.

Example:

Parents: 2  
Grandparents: 4  
Great-Grandparents: 8  
2nd Great Grandparents:16  
3rd Great Grandparents: 31  
4th Great Grandparents: 58

That way you can see how far back an individual is researched?

I know there is a descendant count, but it would also be nice if it could be organized in a similar way to show how many grandkids there are.

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**Author:** ![GeorgeWilmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@GeorgeWilmes](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/GeorgeWilmes)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ancestors-count-gramplet/3777/2 "2023-07-05T22:18:06Z")

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Yes, there is a “Number of Ancestors” quickview that you can use with the QuickView gramplet.

[https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:NumberOfAncestorsQuickView](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:NumberOfAncestorsQuickView)

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**Author:** ![Guacacole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@Guacacole](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Guacacole)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ancestors-count-gramplet/3777/3 "2023-07-05T23:11:31Z")

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Oh thank you. silly me I must have been blind today.

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**Author:** ![DaveSch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davesch/32/40_2.png) [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ancestors-count-gramplet/3777/4 "2023-07-05T23:34:05Z")

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You may also find this thread helpful;

> [@AncestorFill report addon division by zero error?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ancestorfill-report-addon-division-by-zero-error/3677):
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> Just had a quick diversion down a wiki updating rabbit hole for the [Reports section](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports). (Technically, Add-ons don’t belong in the the core documentation. But since they ARE there to compensate for a flaw in the Report help button linking, it makes sense for cross-references to have usable links.) But hit a snag with the AncestorFill Report. There is no wiki page [added [Addon:Ancestor Fill Report](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Ancestor_Fill_Report)] (nor README.md in [its GitHub source folder](https://github.com/gramps-project/addons-source/tree/master/AncestorFill)) for the AncestorFill report. And running the Report gives …

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ancestors-count-gramplet/3777/5 "2023-07-06T01:15:02Z")

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The [Pedigree Gramplet](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Pedigree) will not only tell you the total number of ancestors and break it down by generation, but it lets you pop-up a hotlinked list of each generation. (But it doesn’t indicate numbers affected by pedigree collapse.)

Use the Configure… toolbar icon or Edit menu item to restrict the number of generations.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ancestors-count-gramplet/3777/6 "2023-08-05T01:15:25Z")

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