From: myths@ic24.net   
      
   On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:15:54 +0000, "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?   
   >   
   >And how would one describe the relationship between two people where the   
   >halfness (?) is part way up the arms - or, as I _think_ is the case,   
   >does that not arise (as it wouldn't be relevant)?   
      
   If some sort of cousin of person A has children from different   
   partners, they are half-siblings to each other, but it makes no   
   difference to the cousinship of each to A.   
      
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