Hi All, I guess if we all look back far enough, we are likely to find these cousin marriages. Of course some families have more of them than others. My late brother used to contend that due to the fact that we have so many cousin intermarriages in our background that "our family tree doesn't have any branches!" I'd say it looks more like a vine. (teehee) Ginny Hi Jed This original discussion sure has taken a turn, and welcomed by me in the fact it is a learning experience. I am certainly no expert in this matter, but I believe 1/2 cousins develop from an ancestor marrying twice. For example, John Parker and I are 1/2 5th BARTEAUX cousins (once removed) owing to John's 4th great grandfather (and my 5th great grandfather,) Philip BARTEAUX, marrying twice. I descend from one of the marriages of Philip's wives and John descend from the other wife. Or so at least my FTM tells me in its "relationship calculation" feature. 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: "Jared Handspicker" <jedh@jedh.com> To: <NOVA-SCOTIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:50 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? > > Cheers, > > Jared