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Show V. S. Age Using the e'arly Knglish settlements settle-ments of New England (generally considered the root of the line) as a basis, America is about 11 generations gen-erations old. A generation is usually usu-ally regarded as covering about 39 years. There are living today many direct descendants of the 104 Mayflower May-flower passengers. One is the eighth lineal descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins while another is the ninth lineal descendant of Miles Standish, Alden' s rival for Pfiscil-la's Pfiscil-la's hand. |