----- 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