Betsy, And this one too!! J ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Dhuey <walloon@mailbag.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 9:17 PM Subject: Complicated cousins > >>O.K. l have a quwstion for anyone who can answer this, > >>>Both my parents married sometime in 1956, some years later they divorced, > >>>then dad married my mum's first cousin, l figured that would make her my > >>>second cousin also my step-mother, they also adopted two children and had > >>>one natural child, > >>>Does this seem right or have l got it wrong, > > > Your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This stays > the same, whether or not she also becomes your stepmother. > > -Steve > > P.S. Those three children they had are both your half siblings (half > brothers or half sisters), and your second cousins. > > > > ==== GEN-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > If you'd like to search our archives, please visit > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Type in gen-newbie and go from there. >