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. 2022 Mar 28;12(6):jkac072. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac072

Table 1.

Simulated relationship types for each degree of relatedness.

Degree Relationships
1 Full siblings
2 Avuncular, Half-siblings
3 First cousins, Half avuncular
4 First cousins once removed, Half first cousins
5 Second cousins, Half first cousins once removed
6 Second cousins once removed, Half second cousins
7 Third cousins, Half second cousin once removed

Half relatives share only 1 common ancestor while other types have two common ancestors.