Paul dear and all, The very definition of consanguinity rules out, in my opinion, a 'half' anyone. Doesn't it mean that you are of the same blood. A 'half' means that one of the children had a different mother or father from the rest... Fondly, Margaret

Nope, not quite, Dear Friend, Margaret. If you are a half-brother or half-sister to another, then you carry one half of the same bloodline that the other person does. In calculating consanguinity, ANY blood within the 5th degree brings the prohibition into play. ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Driskill To: Paul Drake ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] consanguinity: marriage between blood relatives Paul dear and all, The very definition of consanguinity rules out, in my opinion, a 'half' anyone. Doesn't it mean that you are of the same blood. A 'half' means that one of the children had a different mother or father from the rest... Fondly, Margaret