Hi All, I've recently received some information about a death in my family some years ago which puzzles me. I don't wish to reveal the name of that person for fear of embarassing the living descendants. However the good offices of John Murray have given me new information and I'm still puzzled. The informant of the death of this poor lady is described as her 'Half Cousin'; what could that mean?? Step-cousin seems unlikely as they share the same surname, my money so far is on 2nd cousin but are there any other ideas? Regards Roy

hi Roy Apparently... A half cousin is easy - instead of the cousins sharing two grandparents, they only have one in common., due to remarriage, etc. The respective children would be half-siblings to each other, their children half-cousins and so on. I had never heard of one either! Thank you Google!! Cheers, Clare Roy G. Perkins wrote: >Hi All, > >I've recently received some information about a death in my family some >years ago which puzzles me. I don't wish to reveal the name of that person >for fear of embarassing the living descendants. However the good offices of >John Murray have given me new information and I'm still puzzled. The >informant of the death of this poor lady is described as her 'Half Cousin'; >what could that mean?? >Step-cousin seems unlikely as they share the same surname, my money so far >is on 2nd cousin but are there any other ideas? > >Regards > >Roy > > > >==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== >ARE you a Crosier or Crozier, or connected to one of them, then why not try Crosier-L@rootsweb.com Surely it's got to be worth a try? > >============================== >You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from >http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > >