consanguine

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At the very least, he is the Ziegfeld of the U.S. branch of Tibetan Buddhism and its consanguine, quixotic movement to liberate Lhasa from Beijing's rule.

From Time Magazine Archive

But more commonly the two existed together, intimate, clinging, consanguine and inseparable.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The consanguine sisters, or the first, second and more remote cousins were wives in common with their husbands in common, who could not be their brothers.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel

Since the husbands always belonged to a different consanguine group from their wives, and the children followed their mother's line of descent, the family was permanently divided.

From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse

In favor of this theory stands a pretty tradition, that, as related by Cunow, Gaston found among the Dieyeries, one of the South Australian tribes, on the rise of the "Mordu" consanguine group.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel