Alicorn comments on Why is my sister related to me only 50%? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 08 May 2011 02:59:48AM *  1 point [-]

So are half-siblings with the same mother more closely related than half-siblings with the same father? Or cousins with mothers who are sisters rather than mothers who are sisters-in-law?

Comment author: JoshuaZ 08 May 2011 03:14:00AM 1 point [-]

Yes, But this is very rarely relevant because the active part of mitochondrial DNA is almost identical for almost all humans.