Henry--A search of Hening on line produced two laws --vol 4:244-46 (1730) and vol 12: 688 (1788), both of which prohibit any man from marrying his wife's sister. Nothing about a wife's half-sister there even though there are other prohibitions about other step relations in my quick reading of the laws. The 1730 law states it follows the levitical prohibition in effect in England--the 1788 law apparently reproduces the same degrees of relationships in marriage but does not claim the English precedent. Mick Nicholls ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html