On average

From: Kmnellist_at_aol.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 14:33:51 EST

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 After the first few generations, a bloodline will not increase in  size, because the recruitment rate (from births and marriages) will  equal the leaving rate (from deaths and mariages), on average.
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I think that if you simulated a random bloodline you would find that it either declined to zero (following too few births and marriage), or increased in size to a number that would be too big to be considered a 'bloodline'. The 'law of averages' does not tend to produce stable populations where the numbers are so low, relative to the variation.

Keith N.

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