I was curious what the "First Ancestor" in the FamilySearch Family Tree was. You can find it in the "View" dropdown menu:
It's at the bottom of the list (shown above) of tree Views.
When you click that item, you can identify a "First Ancestor." The directions to do it are in https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-add-a-first-ancestor-in-family-tree. That page notes that:
"The First Ancestor is the first or founding member of a Chinese clan. If you use the First Ancestor view, we recommend that you add your first ancestor as one of the first things you do. If you have more than first ancestor, you can enter them all and switch between them as needed."
I decided to do this for my Seaver line, so I chose Robert Seaver (1608-1683) LZVZ-VBH for my First Ancestor. The system then showed the descent from my 9th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1608-1683) - I'm one of the 12th generation persons in the Seaver line. Here is a graphic showing the descent:
Pretty small. It shows all of the children (and first spouses) of the persons in my line of descent.
Here are the first five generations:
Still pretty small, mainly because several generations had large families. Notice that my Seaver ancestors all line up.
One of the quirks in my family tree is that all of my Seaver ancestors, including me, are first males who had children - an agnate line! Several first males died before they married. So if Robert Seaver had been King, I would be a King too (if none of my forbears had not been overthrown).
Have you looked at your descent from your "First Ancestors?"
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