she was of fairfax, old virginia, and she will then eventually marry mr. harrison. this is where the lineage comes through francis burton harrison. think about that. that was important to him. how do we remember back? it has been estimated there are 16 generations from the time of pocahontas. if you consider that for a little bit you had parents, you had the grandparents, and then there would be 14 greats. let me ask you, talk about oral tradition that you could remember, think about your greats. you have eight to great grandparents. how many of you know their names? you have 16 great-great-grandparents. did you ever think about that? how often have you visited their tombstones or whatnot? things can get lost through time. this is why we have places like the national portrait gallery so we can keep track of people and events and whatnot. there may be people still that are related to pocahontas and don't know it. the former owner of this portrait, although he really didn't think much about virginia, but he knew that his lineage went back to pocahontas. now, how does

she will then eventually marry mr. harrison and so this is where the lineage comes through frances burden harrison. so think about that. that was important to him. you know how do we remember back? there's some -- it's been estimated that there's 16 generations from the time of pocahontas. and if you consider that a little bit, there was -- you had the parents, you had the grandparents. and then there would be follow 14 greats. so let me ask you -- talk about oral tradition that you could be -- you could remember that you were a descendent. think about your greats. you have eight great grandparents. how many of you know their names? you have 16 great, great grandparents. did you ever think about that? you know, how many -- how often have you visited their tombstones or whatnot? so things can get lost through time. this is why we have places like the national portrait gallery so that we -- you know, we can keep track of people and events and whatnot. so -- so if you were -- and there are many -- there may be people stil