RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. I may add that a child of half first-cousins. CUL-DAR53.2.134. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN1

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(a) I may add that a child of half first-cousins (& an analogous relation must have existed amongst my plants) has seven distinct grandparents out of the eight which the offspring of unrelated progenitors possesses.


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