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|    Jenny M Benson to All    |
|    Re: how to refer to half-cousins?    |
|    20 Jan 20 13:04:44    |
      From: NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk              On 20/01/2020 12:15, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:       > We share a however-many-greats grandfather that makes us fourth cousins,       > but not the corresponding mother (he's descended from George Surtees'       > first wife, I'm descended from George's second [of three!]).       >       > What are we:       > half fourth cousins?       > fourth half-cousins?       > Something else?              I have quite a few half-cousins in one branch of my tree (1) and Legacy       describes them as, for example, "½ 4th Cousin" or "½ 1st Cousin 3x       removed" or whatever.              (1) Due to a 3rd Great Grandmother marrying 3 times, including 2 brothers.       --       Jenny M Benson       Wrexham, UK              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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