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Most Complete Tree

Only Trees with at least 10 generations completed (all ancestors known, starting with parents as generation 1), and only those with number of different ancestors above 1000. For the rest of complete trees, please refer to specific project.

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  1. Carl, Herzog von Württemberg (11 generations complete)
  2. Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria (10 generations complete)
  3. Franz Karl Joseph von Österreich, Erzherzog (10 generations complete)

Highest number of different ancestors

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  1. Matthew Gregory Cox 1235 (711)
  2. Wilhelm Ludwig von Kirchberg Sayn-Hachenburg Wittgenstein Farnroda 1187 (212)
  3. Agnes Princess Of Hesse-Kassel 1066 (139)
  4. Eleonore Maria J.L. Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen-Oberbronn 1013 (260)
  5. Willem-Alexander van Oranje Nassau 1006 (782)

Highest Density Trees (Up to 10 Steps) Unclaimed Profiles

  1. Brigham Young (2,083,703)
  2. Joseph Smith, Jr. (1,796,286)
  3. Deacon Edmund Rice (1,350,717)
  4. Rev. John Lathrop (1,118,885)
  5. Heber C. Kimball (1,046,457)
  6. Stephen Hopkins (1,002,466)
  7. Richard Warren (976,769)
  8. Wilford Woodruff (703,790)
  9. Parley Pratt (686,226)
  10. Ira Stearns Hatch, II (474,552)

Most Managers

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  1. Charlemagne (1,012)
  2. William the Conqueror, King of England (776)
  3. Henry II, King of England (744)
  4. Louis I 'The Pious', Emperor, son of Charlemagne & Hildegard (708)
  5. Edward I Longshanks, King of England (703)
  6. Matilda of Flanders, Queen Consort of England (697)
  7. John Lackland, King of England (695)
  8. Henry I Beauclerc King of England (688)
  9. Geoffrey V Plantagenêt, Count of Anjou / Geoffroy V le Bel, comte d'Anjou (659)
  10. Hildegard of Vinzgouw, wife of Charlemagne (655)

Changes daily. To view a list click on

Most Common SURNAME

  1. Smith (397,956)
  2. Brown (209,666)
  3. Johnson (201,510)
  4. Hansen (200,915)
  5. Jensen (183,346)
  6. Miller (183,223)
  7. Andersson (182,736)
  8. Jones (181,575)
  9. Williams (172,338)
  10. Pedersen (155,291)

Most Project Profiles

  1. Finland and Karelia (294,209)
  2. Victims of the Nazi Holocaust (166,300)
  3. Ostrobothnia, Finland (90,973)
  4. Auschwitz Concentration Camp (52,271)
  5. Central Finland, Pirkanmaa and Tavastia (50,570)
  6. Jewish Families of Krakow (Poland) (44,862)
  7. Kainuu (44,138)
  8. Savonia, Finland (33,597)
  9. Theresienstadt Ghetto (25,471)
  10. Karelia (20,702)

Most Project Collaborators

  1. Finland and Karelia (19,858)
  2. Karelia (8,147)
  3. Ostrobothnia (6,904)
  4. Central Finland, Pirkanmaa and Tavastia (5,765)
  5. Savonia (3,631)
  6. Portaal voor Nederlandstaligen (3,549)
  7. Varsinais-Suomi and Satakunta (3,375)
  8. Sweden (2,868)
  9. Estonian activists in Geni (2,635)
  10. Uusimaa ja Kymenlaakso (2,547)

Most Project Followers

  1. Great Migration Passengers of the Mayflower (6,096)
  2. Croatian Portal (5,255)
  3. Finland and Karelia (4,807)
  4. Portaal voor Nederlandstaligen (4,084)
  5. Managers who Abandoned their Big Tree Profiles (3,150)
  6. Estonian activists in GENI (2,889)
  7. Jewish Genealogy Portal (2,446)
  8. Brunner family (1,695)
  9. Norwegian Monarchs (1,726)
  10. Hollywood Walk of Fame (1,329)

Most followed unclaimed profiles

  1. Charlemagne (478)
  2. William the Conqueror (418)
  3. Harald Fairhair, King of Norway (407)
  4. Queen Elizabeth II (347)

User Top 10 Decathlon Items

Most Profiles Added

  1. Tobias Rachor (489,138)
  2. -jMu- (440,907)
  3. Jadra (318,391)
  4. Jan Roeland Willem Lutke Schipholt (306,837)
  5. RVK (265,716)
  6. Randy Schoenberg (203,880)
  7. "Leanne" (185,000)
  8. Ann Vermeulen (Ramsey) (160,551)
  9. George Homs (145,098)
  10. Sandra Hayes (140,314)

Most Profiles Managed

  1. Tobias Rachor (501,894)
  2. Jadra (449,431)
  3. "Leanne" (404,000)
  4. Erin Spiceland (332,790)
  5. Jan Roeland Willem Lutke Schipholt (300,621)
  6. Randy Schoenberg (243,692)
  7. RVK (193,453)
  8. Martin Eriksen (186,529)
  9. MRA (174,913)
  10. Jason Herbert (165,207)

Most Profiles Followed

  1. Leif Holmström (856,224)
  2. Tobias Rachor (497,822)
  3. Jadra (414,663)
  4. Jan Roeland Willem Lutke Schipholt (314,848)
  5. Randy Schoenberg (270,822)
  6. "Leanne" (257,000)
  7. RVK (234,443)
  8. Ann Vermeulen (Ramsey) (187,790)
  9. Fred Bergman (169,229)
  10. -jMu- (160,529)

Most Collaborators

  1. Henn Sarv (6,482)
  2. Randy Schoenberg (5,580)
  3. Scott L Johnson (3,988)
  4. Lauri Kreen (3,767)
  5. Jaanus Luuse (3,103)
  6. Daniel Dupree Walton (2,644)
  7. Jadra (2309)
  8. Mark Melmed (1,801)
  9. Fred Bergman (1,797)
  10. Erin Spiceland (1,767)

Most Profiles Invited

  1. Anilkumar Nair (2,352)
  2. Randy Schoenberg (1,806)
  3. Henn Sarv (1,681)
  4. Arve Nordlie (1,431)
  5. Mahir Palejwala (1,421)
  6. Adam Brown (1,386)
  7. Pablo Benítez Barreto (1,276)
  8. Jeannette Rachel Nemon (1,105)
  9. Rehan Allahwala (838)
  10. Ma Vistacion Quisumbing (737)

Most Family Group Members

  1. Henn Sarv (1,445)
  2. Randy Schoenberg (1,413)
  3. Lauri Kreen (1,207)
  4. Fred Bergman (1,004)
  5. Mahir Palejwala (967)
  6. Niclas Carlenius (812)
  7. Jadra (759)
  8. Adam Robert Brown (607)
  9. Oddbjørn Olsen (382)
  10. June Barnes (346)

Most Family Tree profiles

  1. Dries Potgieter (20,206)
  2. Jadra (11,838)
  3. Richard Wilson (10,636)
  4. Lea Herbst (10,000)
  5. Leslie Ballou (10,000)
  6. Hilde Andersen (10,000)
  7. Lauri Kreen (10,000)
  8. Henn Sarv (10,000)
  9. Oddbjørn Olsen (10,000)
  10. Jules Fausto Mendonca de Sá (8,445)

Users with Most Followers

  1. Randy Schoenberg (2,914)
  2. Henn Sarv (1,957)
  3. Erica Isabel Howton, (c) (1,626)
  4. Reijo Savola (1,583)
  5. Adam Robert Brown (976)
  6. Lauri Kreen (915)
  7. Erin Ishimoticha (875)
  8. Jadra (904)
  9. Madison Moore (795)
  10. George Homs (758)

Most Photos Uploaded

  1. Michael Natter Hornbostel (79.000)
  2. Thomas Föhl (59,500)
  3. Randy Schoenberg (49,432)
  4. Jadra (43,946)
  5. Patricia Ann Alvarez (19,652)
  6. Diane Krawczyk (16,299)
  7. Janie King (15,171)
  8. Adam Robert Brown (14,959)
  9. Simon Francis Lasrado (14,040)
  10. Samantha Lee VanHook (13,566)

Most Documents Added

  1. Philip William Richards (51,280)
  2. Jessica German (41,965)
  3. Erica Howton (21,226)
  4. Fay Baldwin (17,277)
  5. Linda Thompson (10,323)
  6. Marsha Johansen (8,596)
  7. Ken Nilsen (7,930)
  8. Siv-Camilla Mosfjeld (6,289)
  9. Jette Husum Rosborg (4,905)
  10. Randy Schoenberg (4,885)

Most Videos Added

  1. Humberto Rocha Loureiro, Sr. (658)
  2. Krishnan Ganapathy (393)
  3. Samantha Lee VanHook (259)
  4. Jerome Lionel Blafer (242)
  5. John Gravely (159)
  6. Villiambakkam Chakravarthy (146)
  7. Gregorio Magsaysay (138)
  8. Mary Lee Smith (109)
  9. Josey Samson (108)
  10. Oren Vitonsky (92)

Top 10 Decathlon

(Needs to be updated)

Highest Density Trees (Up to 10 Steps) Claimed Profiles (not included in Decathlon)

  1. Jadra (94,623)
  2. Henn Sarv (89,998)
  3. Pam Karp (87,478)
  4. Jaak Tulp (80,172)
  5. Randy Stebbing(59,048)
  6. Randy Schoenberg (58,035)
  7. Donavan Penaluna (51,103)
  8. John Kessel (34,819)
  9. Adam Brown (39,084)
  10. Fred Bergman (19,509)

Most Projects Collaborating (not included in Decathlon)

  1. Kevin Hanit (3,752)
  2. Randy Schoenberg (3,252)
  3. R. Owen Wyant (2,649)
  4. Tamás Caldwell-Gilbert (2,384)
  5. Erica Isabel Howton, (c) (1,861)
  6. Doug Robinson (1,418)
  7. Pam Karp (1,254)
  8. Kenneth Kwame Welsh (1,207)
  9. Malka Mysels (1,148)
  10. morel (1,036)

Most Projects Following (not included in Decathlon)

  1. Barry Norman Lipsius (5,515)
  2. Veronica May Lasek (4,657)
  3. Nilce Fonseca (1,537)
  4. James BUIE (1,242)
  5. Anonymous (949)
  6. Kenneth Kwame Welsh (876)
  7. Frank Haavel (854)
  8. Arleen (794)
  9. Erica Isabel Howton, (c) (732)
  10. Lise Opdal Knudsen (630)

Most Revisions (not included in Top 10 Decathlon)

  1. Daniel Dupree Walton (349,858)
  2. Brendan Molloy (346,126)
  3. Catherine (Erin) Serafina Liora Pinder (342,191)
  4. Erica Howton (301,752)
  5. Ben Angel (243,858)
  6. George Homs (233,709)
  7. Ann Ramsey (194,863)

Most profiles curated (not included in Top 10 Decathlon)

  1. Ben M. Angel (20 000+)
  2. "Leanne" (14,251)
  3. Erin Spiceland (14 141)
  4. Erica Isabel Howton, (c) (13 262)
  5. Jason Wills (10,909)
  6. Randy Schoenberg (7,870)
  7. George Homs (3,740)
  8. Jenna, Volunteer Curator (2 610)
  9. Anne M Berge (2,539)
  10. Henn Sarv (2,499)

Most claimed family (not included in Top 10 Decathlon)

  1. Henn Sarv (1,136)
  2. Niclas Carlenius (826)
  3. Jadra (585)
  4. Randy Schoenberg (450)
  5. Pam Karp (348)
  6. Rick Simon (283)