blood relation
Example Sentences
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He’s been married since the ’90s, raising two stepdaughters and taking on the role of “Papa” to three grandkids who despite having no blood relation to Egypt look exactly like him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Creon chose to designate his nephew’s body as that of a traitor, ignoring their blood relation, thereby sealing his fate and that of his entire family.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024
Single and empty-nested, Cuomo shares the space with a Northern Inuit named Captain, a blood relation to the dogs cast as viciously loyal “direwolves” on “Game of Thrones.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2021
Or perhaps her husband who is the one who desperately desires a blood relation.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2020
Queen Mab’s crown was magically and wondrously wrought so that it passes only from one blood relation to another, in an unbroken line.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
