>>>>Doug was right, start thinking about it and draw your own conclusion, you'll get far.
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>>>The "begat's" are there because the line of Christ is important to know as there were promises/propheicies made regarding His line.
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>>If it was so important, why is there only half of it? What have you guys done with the other half? Too ashamed to confess that there were women in his lineage? C'mon.
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>Perhaps because, as soon as you start counting both male and female ancestors, you get a geometric progression <g>.

Not necessarily, it would taper back into the alleged initial couple after a while, as actually happens in real life as well, to an extent. Some people are ancestors twice, and not necessarily both times in the same generation.