blood relation

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.

They were not blood relations, but the name, which means “plum” in Chinese, as well as their origins in China’s Guangdong, or Canton, province, bound them like siblings.

No one had ever staged a full-scale show of David’s works on paper, and this one offered an unusual vista of an artist whose grand paintings put reason before passion, and ideals before blood relations.

“The thing is, it’s a blood relation,” she said in a video that Mr. Dhillon uploaded in May.

Yet somehow these men — the actual blood relations — aren’t expected to pitch in at all.