blood relation
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a person you are related to by birth rather than marriage
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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.