Answer to Question #26395 in Statistics and Probability for Bailey Edsall-Parr

Question

My name is Bailey Edsall-Parr, an anthropology student from Michigan. I am currently researching the inter-relatedness of most, if not all, humans alive today. Anyways, I have a personal interest in mathematics, statistics and probability theory and have incorporated it into my studies.

I am aware of the Law of Truly Large Numbers {If given enough time, any unlikely thing is likely to happen}. Lets say, using this probabilistic law, would there be a good chance for someone like me or you have an ancestor from like say China or Japan 400-500 years ago when we had 65,000 to 1 million ancestors? What do you think?