Tabla kvartira (tabla praroditelja)
Ahnentafel (Table of Ancestors)

Summary/Abstract: Ancestor table (kwartierstaat) is a very well-known and popular genealogy (tree) in modern world. However, it is little known in this country both in the publicist writing and in the general public. The presentations of the ancestor tables, which is also true for other genealogies, can be given graphically as a scheme, or textually as a list (usually a book). The main focus of this table are ancestors/parents (father and mother, grand-father and grand-mother, great grand-father and great grandmother, etc.) of one (initial) person called proband presented in terms of generations. Genealogical relationships among members of the ancestor table are developed in relation to the proband. The members (ancestors )of the ancestor table are numerated by cardinal numbers, the proband being designated by a unique number 1, his (her) father by number 2, the mother by number 3, etc. The ancestor table is linked with two well-known effects, the so-called effect of repetition of the ancestor table, which in the theoretical analysis causes a non-logical enormously big number of ancestors in the generations as well as the effect of the loss of the ancestor table (the „white spots‟ in the table). The use of this table in the presentday developed western countries dates back as the middle-ages, while in this region, in the territory of former Yugoslavia, as stated earlier, it was not used then nor it is used now-days. Therefore, it is our intention by this article to familiarize our readers with this matter.

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