Text of the provision
Art. 967. Full blood relationship is that existing between persons who have the same father and the same mother. Half blood relationship is that existing between persons who have the same father, but not the same mother, or the same mother, but not the same father.
(920a)
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
Full blood relationship is that existing between persons who have the same father and the same mother. Half blood relationship is that between persons who have only one of the two parents in common.
Related provisions
- Article 966 — Counting the Degrees.
- Article 968 — Repudiation by One of Several Relatives.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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