If your half aunt has a half great niece not blood related to you but to your aunt what does that make you and your half aunt's half great neice.  Does that mean that you and the half great neice are related and if so is it by blood or not.  And if you think that we are related by blood can you please explain how so.
205644
I am going to start by explaining the terms for others to understand.  A half aunt means the half-sister of one of your parents.  A half great niece means your half-sibling's granddaughter.  With this out of the way I don't think you are blood related.  I will make up some names to demonstrate this.  Your half-aunt is Ann.  One of her half-siblings is your parent.  She must have another half-sibling, Jesse, who is not related to you.  Jesse's granddaughter Amanda is a half-great niece to Ann.  Ann and Amanda are blood related, but because your parent is not blood related to Jesse, then neither are you.  I don't think there is a legal term for your relationship.  If your half-aunt has any kids you could define the relationship through them, such as my half-cousin's, half cousin.
504886
A step isn't related to you by blood so it wouldn't be incest.\nI'd probably do it, but I don't have any steps.
498667
Third cousin means that you have the same great great grandparents. I think that is far enough removed to not be a problem.\n\nThere are laws in many states against marrying first cousins. I have not been able to find anything about second cousins, so by the time you reach third cousin nobody cares.
91317
Are you wondering if cousins can date?\n\nHere is a family. Mr. A had two children, B1 and B2. \nB1 and all of his offspring had two children. B2 and all of his offspring had one child. For simplicity and space I'm not showing the spouses, either. \n\nB1 and B2 are siblings.\nChildren of siblings are first cousins. C1 and C2 are first cousins to C3.\nChildren of first cousins are second cousins. D1, D2, D3 and D4 are all second cousins to D5.\nChildren of second cousins are third cousins. E01 through E08 are all third cousins to poor, lonesome E09. E01 through E08 borrow each others' sweaters and go on double dates. E09 wishes he had a close relative.\n\nEveryone on the same level is the same degree of cousin and is in the same generation. Counting Mr. A as the first generation, the B level is the second generation, C the third and so forth. Everyone in the E level - the third cousins row - is in the fifth generation from Mr. A. He is their great-great grandfather. Most of them have a picture of him in his Civil War uniform over their mantles.\n\nSo, where does the removed business come in? When you relate cousins who are in different generations, that's when. The red line shows why C3 is E08's first cousin twice removed. If two cousins are on different levels, they are removed from each other. C2 has a grandson, E08. C2 has a first cousin, C3. The red line from E08 to C2 goes up two generation levels - where I put the short blue lines. Those are removeds. It is also a removed if you go down. If you start on D3, go left to his first cousins D1 and D2, then drop down a level to E01, E02, E03 and E04, you've reached D3's first cousins, once removed.\n\nMr. A, E01's great-great-grandfather, is four levels up from E01. Any of Mr. A's cousins would be E01's cousins too, four times removed.\n\nLets try it a different way. Look at C3. He has two first cousins, C1 and C2. His first cousins have children, D1 through D4. They are C3's first cousins once removed. (One level down.) D1 -D4's eight kids are two levels down from C3. They are C3's first cousins twice removed.\n\nTo summarize, when cousins have children, you add a degree. When you go up or down a generation level, you add a removed. \nChildren of first cousins are second cousins.\nChildren of second cousins are third cousins. \nChildren of third cousins are fourth cousins, ... \nYour father's first cousin is your first cousin once removed. \nYour grandfather's first cousin is your first cousin twice removed. \nYour great-grandfather's first cousin is your first cousin three times removed, ...\nYou can keep adding removeds and degrees: \nYour grandfather's second cousin is your second cousin twice removed. \nYour great-grandfather's third cousin is your third cousin three times removed ...
590418
My sister and I are identical twins.\n\nOnce, someone asked us if we ever got ourselves mixed up! (Really!)  :-))
491630
Shouldn't you guys be ecstatic that your best friend is actually yuor triplet? You guys should tell her and be excited about it and i think she would be too. If you can't tell her get your parents/guardians to tell her.
249334
Hi.. I am 62 years old and I met my dad only when I was 19. I was a product of WW2, when my dad was ,at 17, sent over to the Philippines to fight the war. Anyway, re: your question, why don't you go to www.ancestry.com or www.my family.com or leave a message there. That was where I found dozens of first and second cousins and then in 2001, my half-sis(who is all-American) found me. I also found the only surviving sis of my dad,thru the white pages..Iam sharing my story with you because I believe if you're really serious about looking for your roots, you will find them. The internet has made the world a little smaller. See, I had to be 62 before I got to finally got to the USA and meet my half-brother, who now has leukemia. Don't give up. Just keep at it. Good luck and may God bless your search.
267460
Well, I'm kind of worried that you mentioned your job as an Assistant Professor in Veterinary College, but you don't know how to calculate an inbreeding coefficient.\n\nAnyway, second cousin is usually unrelated enough. But go back in your family trees, and I'll bet you have many more relatives in common. Should that be the case, your children have a slightly higher chance of having birth defects. \n\nSupposedly, if two unrelated people in a population have an X percent chance of having a defective child, then first cousins have a 8/5X (1.6X) chance of having a defective child. Such defects occur in the low single digits anyway.
52219
if they both didn't know their ancestors, what different does it make? I mean nobody will know they are related, nor them. They will be still in love and get everyone's blessings.
542077
In some states there is a theory of "equitable adoption". Only if a court finds that this is the case (assuming you are talking about the USA and not some other country where there are "simple" as well as "plenary" or "full" adoptions) can a child inherit directly in the absence of blood relationship or a last will and testament providing for such inheritance.\n\nAs always on Y! Q/A, non-lawyers have stated (above) what they think to be the law, but without understanding the arcane exceptions to the general rules. Google has some references to good definitions of equitable adoption: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22equitable+adoption%22&btnG=Google+Search and perhaps, just maybe, your facts will fit.\n\nOtherwise I'm afraid that person is out of luck.
384778
Yes, start with your blood type....for example 0+,\n\nnow check your siblings (brother & sisters)\nnow check your parents....and see who's blood everyone has!\n\nNow check your grandparents, and/or your aunts...if available.\nIt's amazing how many people do not know what their blood type is!
118492
I had a cousin that was adopted and she found my aunt after 30 something years. She contacted the adoption agency and then they contacted my aunt and had to get the OK from her to give my cousin the file but I am not sure how it works the other way if my aunt would have wanted the information if they would have given it to her or not. Hopefully this helped.
110568
my father has two other children outside of marriage.\nboth younger than my brother and I. and both from the same woman.\n(it most be said that i love my three brothers and i that i have a pretty good relationship with all of them).\nthe sad thing is that my mother is still with him.\ni love my father too, but would never have stayed with him.\nneedless to say, i come from a hispanic family.
557041
Dang that must be crazy for you. I found out I had 2 siblings from another mother & another sibling even younger from ANOTHER mother and one sister was the same age as my other sister I grew up with. And it's just akk weird. So where was your sister all this time if you dont mind me asking? And I finally saw my real dad but he could care less about me.
500941
No.  That's just how life goes.  I never knew either of my grandfathers.  Fortunately, I knew both my grandmothers.  They made great impressions on my life.  I thank God for them both. And, God bless you for reminding me.  They are both gone now.
262867
She is JUST your step-sister.  It sounds like you're both consenting ADULTS.  Sheesh, these idiots who say/think you're blood related or it is against the law, OMG!!!  There is NO blood relation in step-sister/step-brother.  Two people who aren't related get married and their kids are step-brother/sister.  What fools!!!  I say go for it!!  Life is short!!  You might regret it later if you don't!!  Good luck.
631338
Our family is very close .. we have a huge family here .. lots of cousins, aunts, uncles - granny's grandpas - you name it we've got it !\n\nMy daughter has 2 great great grandparents .. \n\nIt's so much fun growing up with a big family.  You never get bored, you always have some one to talk to .. and a place to stay if you're in trouble !\n\nWe're all so close me, both brothers & 3 other cousins have the same tattoos to show our family pride ... haha ... !