The opportunistic Sir William Stanley on the sidelines at Bosworth Field--Dad, I never knew you!

 We watched the Time Team show last night about locating the exact site Bosworth Field. Late in the show a historical novelist informed us that 3 armies were there--Richard's, Henry's, and the Stanley brothers'. According to her, William Stanley held aloof until he was confident that Henry would win, then charged on Richard. One of my cousins, I said. Depression Okies have a better chance being a Stanley cousin than many Americans simply because if you get to Virginia in the 1600s and the Carolinas in the 1700s you are kin to millions, really millions, of Americans, and a lot of people in the smaller British pool. So while waiting for California's vote today I checked, and Geni says William Stanley is a 17th Great Grandfather, through the Rogerses and Glenns and Cokers and Moores and Warrens.  Wow? No, not "wow." That makes him, I think it is, one of 262,144. Not all are successful opportunists. But this does suggest strange thoughts. One is that 262,144 does not mean 262,144 men. Many of the men have to be multiples of your great grandfathers, given the population then.