When two persons are descendants of a common ancestor but by different wives, they are said to be related to each other by:

When two persons are descendants of a common ancestor but by different wives, they are said to be related by half blood (also known as half-blood or consanguinity of the half blood). This means they share one common parent but not both. Full blood refers to descendants of the same parents (same father and mother), while uterine blood refers to children of the same mother but different fathers. The Indian Succession Act and Hindu Law recognize these distinctions for purposes of inheritance and succession.