blood relation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of blood relation
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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He’s been married since the ’90s, raising two stepdaughters and taking on the role of “Papa” to three grandkids who despite having no blood relation to Egypt look exactly like him.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
James Blaesing told an Ohio court that he is seeking Harding’s disinterment as a way “to establish with scientific certainty” that he is the 29th president’s blood relation.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2020
Or perhaps her husband who is the one who desperately desires a blood relation.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2020
After Thomas’s death’s death last year, the protracted fight continued between Ms. Kaffaga and Gail, who have no blood relation to the author, a point that came up during the recent trial.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2017
So I did not ask why I was raised in a house by many men, none of w hom claimed blood relation to me.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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