Re: Genetic fractions, was Re: The Case for a Marriage...

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: David Hobby wrote: The above would have been easier to state if we had general kinship terms based on degrees of genetic relatedness. Sibling, parent and child are all halves. Grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew,

Re: Genetic fractions, was Re: The Case for a Marriage...

2003-07-27 Thread David Hobby
David Hobby wrote: The above would have been easier to state if we had general kinship terms based on degrees of genetic relatedness. Sibling, parent and child are all halves. Grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, half-sibling, and so on are quarters. And

Re: Genetic fractions, was Re: The Case for a Marriage...

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: David Hobby wrote: The above would have been easier to state if we had general kinship terms based on degrees of genetic relatedness. Sibling, parent and child are all halves. Grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, half-sibling, and

Genetic fractions, was Re: The Case for a Marriage...

2003-07-26 Thread David Hobby
Julia Thompson wrote: David Hobby wrote: The above would have been easier to state if we had general kinship terms based on degrees of genetic relatedness. Sibling, parent and child are all halves. Grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, half-sibling, and so on are