This series of ancestral charts, Volume 2: THE EXTRACTIONS, is one of two essential reference companions to Volume 1: WOMEN POINT THE WAY - an historical narrative in which the charts are cited throughout. The 3-volume set illustrates how the bloodlines of ordinary people can be traced back to many famous people throughout history and across the world, and then set into their respective historical contexts. The current series of charts is created by the author's original Extraction Process which uncovers an unlikely and stunning array of famous ancestors across the world, from Emperor Marcus Aurelius to Lady Godiva, from 500 BC and beyond - this from a very ordinary family background that can apply to almost everyone. We are not who we think we are. Ultimately this new acquired knowledge changes the way we think of ourselves and of the world. Sheila James began writing about the ground-breaking results of her computer analyses of genealogical data in the early 1980s.