Hey Toni I'm wondering if the All-Mighty is enjoying this thread (about cousins) and is having trouble controlling himself? Richard Richard Hardwick (Researching direct lines in Nova Scotia and New England - HARDWICK, ARMSTRONG, BARTEAUX, SPURR, HENDERSON, BLACKMAR, MARSH) RiHardwick@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trena" <amheater@cogeco.ca> To: <NOVA-SCOTIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Question on "half cousins" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jared Handspicker" > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:50 AM > Subject: [NS-L] Question on "half cousins" > > >> Given the discussion on "How I'm related to myself", I've noticed several >> mentions of "half cousins". What, exactly IS a "half cousin?" I've >> heard >> the term before, but find no such relationships when running the "Compute >> Relationship" report with my software. Is it anything similar to a >> half-sibling? As in sharing one parent, but not both? That's the only >> explanation I can think of, at this point. That said, I'd THINK it would >> mean half cousins share a single grandparent, and half second cousins >> would share only one great-grandparent. Am I even close? > > All in Scotland ... > I have many _ first _ half-cousins, etc. My maternal grandmother died in > 1933 after giving birth to 6 children. My mother is #4. Grandfather > re-married. Second wife died 12 days after birthing their only child. A > daughter, who is now married with children and grandchildren. Grandfather > married a 3rd time, with 5 children born to that marriage ... 2 of them > long > after my birth. All of those children are now married with children and > grandchildren. > > So the children born to my Mum's step-mothers and her father are > half-brothers/sisters to her and the other 5 born to her mother. They are > also my half-uncles and half-aunts. Their children are my half-cousins > and > their grandchildren are my half-first cousins once removed. Their > grandchildren are half-2nd cousins to my children. Degree of cousinship > remains the same as normal, except "half-" is added. (Have several > 'step-first cousins too.) > > [As I began to type this, we started to have a terrible thunder & > lightening > storm begin, with heavy hailstorm. Back garden's grass is all white as it > is covered in hailstones! Thought my living room (lounge) windows were > going to break, it was pounding at them so hard, making a horrible racket. > Holy cow! Has been a long time since anything like this has happened here > (north side of eastern end of L. Ontario) ... hope it doesn't spawn any > tornados!!] > > Toni ~ Ontario > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hardwick Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Question on "half cousins" > I'm wondering if the All-Mighty is enjoying this thread (about cousins) > and is having trouble controlling himself? HE probably likes doing puzzles, so did this to us on purpose! Many thanks Richard for the explaination regarding the other NS list. Toni ~