kin
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Police said his next of kin have been informed.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The irony is that Sally was also Martha’s half-sister — the product of John Wayles’ relations with an enslaved woman — making her biological kin to the Monticello Association members, too.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Even if you are his legal next of kin, it does not obligate you to administer his estate or arrange the funeral.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Contemplating the changes, Risk pulled up on her phone a century-old black-and-white photo of her Nordic kin in Flathead County.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I kin drive dat surrey, mammy,” Luster said.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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