If a man has children with two different wives, the children are !/2 brothers and sisters.
What if the two wives are sisters? The children would be closer than 1/2 - what is the term used for this?
Thanks
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Interesting question. I actually have the situation you described in a family. I use family tree maker. When using the relationship calculator it only says the two children are half sisters.
But, if the wives were sisters the children would also be cousins. Correct?
Debbie
But, if the wives were sisters the children would also be cousins. Correct?
Debbie
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Hmmmm...VaDeb wrote:Interesting question. I actually have the situation you described in a family. I use family tree maker. When using the relationship calculator it only says the two children are half sisters.
But, if the wives were sisters the children would also be cousins. Correct?
Debbie
In my case it happened with my greatgrandfather. When his first wife died, he married her sister.
So which are genetically closer, 1/2 sisters or cousins? I guess the resulting relationship would be closer than either one.
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Good question.
definitely half sisters...Maybe half cousins???
Is there such a thing?
definitely half sisters...Maybe half cousins???
Is there such a thing?
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Well, we know that 1/2 sisters are not as closely related as sisters.nuccia wrote:Good question.
definitely half sisters...Maybe half cousins???
Is there such a thing?
So, I guess that 1/2 cousins would be farther apart than cousins. In this case they should be closer together than cousins, not farther apart. (Can you actually have half cousins? I suppose if the parents who were related happened to be half sisters or half brothers, that would make their children half cousins. Just guessing here.)
They would also be closer than 1/2 sisters: 1/2 sisters would each have one parent in common with the other parent not related (at least very distant).
This situation:
- each sister has the same father
- the sister's mothers are also sisters
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I think they are consider only half siblings
Even though the 2nd wife was the aunt to her sister's childrens, that doesn't make her children by her late sister's husband, cousins to her sister's children.
Make sense?
Terms
HALF-COUSINS:
* A half-1st cousin is the child of your parent's half-sibling (your half-Aunt/Uncle).
* A half-2nd cousin is the grandchild of your grandparent's half-sibling (your half-grandaunt/uncle), etc.
jcsm
Even though the 2nd wife was the aunt to her sister's childrens, that doesn't make her children by her late sister's husband, cousins to her sister's children.
Make sense?
Terms
HALF-COUSINS:
* A half-1st cousin is the child of your parent's half-sibling (your half-Aunt/Uncle).
* A half-2nd cousin is the grandchild of your grandparent's half-sibling (your half-grandaunt/uncle), etc.
jcsm
Researching in San Vitaliano, Napoli, Italy & Armento, Potenza, Italy.
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They would still be half sisters, even though they'd have arguably more genetic material - DNA - in common since their mothers were sisters.
But I believe that legally, they're still half sisters,as they share the same father, but have different mothers...just as in any other case with the same description.
But I believe that legally, they're still half sisters,as they share the same father, but have different mothers...just as in any other case with the same description.
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My stepmother was also my birth mother's sister...
I do have a half brother... but always regarded him as a full brother either way...
I do have a half brother... but always regarded him as a full brother either way...