blood relative
- a variation of blood relation.
Example Sentences
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He says the broker made it appear as if he was donating to someone he was related to by marriage: "Someone who is not a blood relative, but a distant relative".
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
They want to adopt Seraphim, their blood relative, his aunt and uncle said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
But when Chloe found her cousin — the first blood relative that she had ever known — I watched it awaken this dormant curiosity in her, and I watched it in all the girls.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2021
Crans is adopted, but his mother’s stepfather, Robert Lincoln Beckwith, was the last known blood relative of the Lincoln family.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2021
I’m not sure what I am most: embarrassed or freaked out or just knocked to my senses by seeing a forgotten blood relative.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
