kinswoman

She makes herself useful, however, preparing a poultice to soothe Anne’s pains, and swiftly rises through the ranks, from chambermaid to confidante, before supplanting Sarah, her kinswoman, in the sovereign’s bed.

“When Elizabeth was with child, she visited her kinswoman Mary, who carried Christ in her womb. And she was not turned away from the Lord,” I say in a low and modest voice.

Ajima meant something like “Auntie”; it was a term of great affection, reserved only for older kinswomen.

The older woman kneels in front of Mary, who looks down tenderly and embraces her kinswoman, who is bearing St. John the Baptist.

Later she refused to call her "daughter" in company, instead describing her as a "kinswoman" or "cousin".