Perhaps you are being too technical. It's as simple as this:
Elwing and Earendil are both more or less half-elven. Their children (Elros and Elrond) would be the same. And just like everyone else said, why would Tolkien name someone with such a precocious label as "fiveeighthselven"?
[ July 24, 2002: Message edited by: Orofacion of the Vanyar ]
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