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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LadyWarrior73 on 2023-06-26 21:17:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that there were 26 families of passengers on the Mayflower that are known to have left descendants; it is estimated that over 30 million people can trace their ancestry back to those 26 families on the Mayflower.