How many ancestors does a person have, in total, among the previous n generations of their relatives? (Assume every person has two parents, a person is their own ancestor and that one's parents comprise the n = 1 generation) Explain the relationship between your response and an unsigned binary number, what does each digit represent in the context of counting ancestors?

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