Robert57P_gmail wrote: > If it is not blood relationship, shouldn't it show it as "in-law" rather > than "step"?
Don't think so > > Hmmm - wait - what's the difference in "in-law" vs "step"? Both are > legal relationships, not blood relationships. Never really thought > about it before . . . "Step" is GRASSed in the US as almost any non-blood relationship that didn't come via one's own marriage. If the relationship is through one's own marriage, it's an "in-law". The kicker there is, "half" sibs ought to fall into the "in-law" definition, but instead is separated. > > Father-in-law (my spouse's father) > step-Father (my mom's 2nd(?) father, not my blood father). But And if one is the product of one's mother's 3rd marriage, one is the Step child of her 4th husband -- but what the flip is one to the first two husbands? :) > technically he is my father "by legal definition" (assuming I was > adopted by him), so wouldn't that make him my "father-in-law"???? or > "father-by-law"??? or "father-per-law"??? > > Along similar line: > Uncle - my Dad's brother > "Wife of Uncle" - my Dad's brother's wife > "Aunt-in-law" - wouldn't that be another way of saying my Dad's > Brother's wife? Yes, but she could be your wife's mother's sister. > > Guess rather than helping, I've thrown more confusion into the mix! Sorry! > Dunno, but it's sort of refreshing to read an issue that can't be resolved by some version of "RTFM". Cheryl > Bob > > On 06/28/2014 22:35, Pat Hickin wrote: >> Thanks, Cathy, >> Maybe if it said "3rd great-grandmother's *first *husband's father," I >> wouldn't wonder -- or I would just look to see. Of course, I already >> knew it wasn't a blood relationship. >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Cathy Pinner<genea...@gmail.com >> <mailto:genea...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> It's the relationship that is being called "step", not the 3rd >> great-grandmother. >> >> It does seem a strange way to express the non-relationship. >> >> Strictly her first husband is not a step 3rd great-grandfather and >> so his father is not a step 4th great grandfather but it's a way >> of indicating that this isn't a blood relationship. If it just >> said 3rd great-grandmother's husband's father, would you be left >> wondering whether it was a blood relationship? >> >> So how would you describe the connection? >> >> Cathy >> >> Pat Hickin wrote: >> > I am descended from a 3x grgrandmother and her 2nd husband. >> > >> > Can anyone tell me --Why does Legacy relationship calculator show my >> > relation to her 1st husband’s father as my “step 3rd >> > great-grandmother's husband's father†when she is not my >> “step†(3rd) >> > great-grandmother? >> > >> > Pat >> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
