Relationship
James Douglass
grandfather had children by wife number one. They divorced
and he took wife number two and they had children and among
them was my grandfather. How am I related to wife number one
and to the children they had? Have been told that I was not
related to number one...only to number two and the
descendants of that union. Thanks for any help, Jim
Bill Mac 8
any common genetic info or legal relationship. Children from marriage #1
are your grandfather's half brothers and sisters as in 1/2 of their gene
pool is the same, making them your father's Half Aunts and Uncles, I
guess. His full sibling's from #2 would be your great aunts and uncles,
so #1's would be your half great aunts and uncles. The real importance of
this info can only be found in your own heart!
Just my $0.02
Jean
Wendy Ashmun
You aren't related to your great-grandfather's first wife, but you are related to all of his descendants regardless of who was their mother. The children of the first marriage are your grandfather's half-sisters and half-brothers.
Coralie J. Allen
: Maybe someone can help me on relationships...my great
: grandfather had children by wife number one. They divorced
: and he took wife number two and they had children and among
: them was my grandfather. How am I related to wife number one
: and to the children they had? Have been told that I was not
: related to number one...only to number two and the
: descendants of that union. Thanks for any help, Jim
Wife number one is your step great-grandmother.
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Coralie Allen (37...@tccn.com)
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Coralie J. Allen
: Maybe someone can help me on relationships...my great
: grandfather had children by wife number one. They divorced
: and he took wife number two and they had children and among
: them was my grandfather. How am I related to wife number one
: and to the children they had? Have been told that I was not
: related to number one...only to number two and the
: descendants of that union. Thanks for any help, Jim
Sorry, I gave you an incomplete answer before. Because your
great-grandfather had children by both women, the children of wife number
one and the children of wife number two are half-siblings of each other.
The children of wife number one would be the half-aunts and half-uncles
of the children of your grandmother and thereby your half-great-aunts (the
same as the half-grandaunts) and half-great-uncles.
I know. I have a similar situation in my family--my half-brother is the
child of my mother's first marriage; I am the child of her second. His
kids and my kids are half first cousins to each other; his grandkids and
my grandkids are half second cousins to each other. In practice, we just
drop the "half" when we're talking about the relationship. But his dad
was my stepfather and my dad was his. So even if some people claim you
have no relationship, you share the bloodline of a common ancestor--which
makes researching that ancestor's line important all his/her descendants.
Marybeth Finnerty
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>James Douglass (jim...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>: Maybe someone can help me on relationships...my great
>: grandfather had children by wife number one. They divorced
>: and he took wife number two and they had children and among
>: them was my grandfather. How am I related to wife number one
>: and to the children they had? Have been told that I was not
>: related to number one...only to number two and the
>: descendants of that union. Thanks for any help, Jim
>Wife number one is your step great-grandmother.
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>Coralie Allen (37...@tccn.com)
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Why is the first wife anything to the second wife's children? I have similar
relationships in my family and my mother's father is nothing to her younger
half sister. The first wife is not a step mother to the second wife's
children from all I have ever heard or read.
Just my opinion. If I am incorrect please let me know.
Thanks,
Mary Beth