I am having a hard time "getting" this mention of "1/2 cousin". Maybe someone can explain it to me. Seems to me that you are either cousins or not. If your parents are half-siblings, you still have one set of grandparents in common, just like all cousins do. Am I missing something? Ann L In a message dated 6/2/2010 12:21:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Let me add however that if I understand your message correctly, your mother is hypothesized to be a 1/2 first cousin of the two additional women in question. Now, the "theoretical" amount of DNA one shares with a 1/2 first cousin is 6.25%.

I call them "cousinoids." Hal ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [S-I] DNA Lessons Learned -- >I am having a hard time "getting" this mention of "1/2 cousin". Maybe > someone can explain it to me. > > Seems to me that you are either cousins or not. If your parents are > half-siblings, you still have one set of grandparents in common, just like > all > cousins do. Am I missing something? > > Ann L > > > In a message dated 6/2/2010 12:21:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] > writes: > > Let me add however that if I understand your message correctly, your > mother is hypothesized to be a 1/2 first cousin of the two additional > women in > question. > > Now, the "theoretical" amount of DNA one shares with a 1/2 first cousin > is > 6.25%. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2913 - Release Date: 06/02/10 09:57:00