kinship

Example Sentences

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These kinship networks were largely organized through maternal lines, with one mitochondrial lineage dominating, pointing to a key role for women in maintaining family continuity and coordinating movement.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Spouses are exempt everywhere, while children, siblings, and others may pay between 0% and 16% depending on the state and kinship.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

In the end, his words were laced with a sense of historic kinship.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

In Lee Knight’s film, a chance meeting between a young Black Englishman in the process of finding himself and an elderly, white Englishwoman blossoms into an unexpected kinship — one based on Knight’s experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

The queen believed that kinship would strengthen their bond and ensure Mark Antony’s devotion to her cause.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby