consanguine

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Morgan makes the systems of nomenclature proofs of the existence of the Consanguine and Punaluan families.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

That discovery could only have been made after a long experience, and in the Consanguine family that experience was impossible.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

Consanguine, kon-sang′gwin, adj. related by blood: of the same family or descent—also Consanguin′eous.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Looking at facts, we find the Consanguine family nowhere, and cannot easily imagine how early groups abstained from infringing on each other, and created a systematic marriage of brothers and sisters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

Thus, setting moral reform aside as inconceivable, we cannot understand how the Consanguine families ever broke up.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various