blood relation

NOUN

relative by birth

Synonyms

WEAK

biological relationship blood blood brother blood relationship blood relative blood sister consanguinean family flesh flesh and blood genetic relationship kindred ties of blood uterine kin

Example Sentences

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James Blaesing told an Ohio court that he is seeking Harding’s disinterment as a way “to establish with scientific certainty” that he is the 29th president’s blood relation.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2020

Also attending are my best man, who lived next door and practically grew up with us, and my grandfather’s son, who is not a blood relation but who grew up with my parents.

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2018

We had so many similarities, and yet, he wasn’t a blood relation.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2017

The actress was not one of the famed director’s three children, and in fact had no blood relation to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2016

So I did not ask why I was raised in a house by many men, none of w hom claimed blood relation to me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson