.About two million people are now recognized as descendants of Confucius, more than tripling the size of the celebrated Chinese philosopher's family tree, state media reported Friday.
The new list, which includes ethnic minorities, women and overseas relatives for the first time, was unveiled on Thursday in the thinker's hometown Qufu to coincide with the 2,560th anniversary of his birth, the Global Times said.
The family tree -- believed to be the biggest in the world -- was last updated in 1937, and had only 560,000 members, according to the Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee, the report said.
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