blood relation

Frequency: 6.57.5 per million words

a person you are related to by birth rather than marriage

Categories:

Examples (10)

  • She's not a blood relation, but she's like family to me.
  • Only a blood relation can inherit the title directly.
  • He has no blood relations left in his home country.
  • Despite being a distant blood relation, they shared a strong resemblance.
  • The will specified that only blood relations could benefit from the inheritance.
  • She traced her ancestry to find any surviving blood relations.
  • The family reunion brought together many blood relations from different states.
  • He felt a strong connection with his blood relations, even those he rarely saw.
  • The tradition dictates that the eldest blood relation takes over the business.
  • They discovered they were blood relations after a DNA test.