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Synonyms

genetic relationship

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noun

Historical Linguistics.

  1. the relationship that exists between languages that have developed from a single earlier language.

Etymology

Origin of genetic relationship

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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The team looked at the genetic relationship between mothers and their adult children.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

The researchers also identified a genetic relationship between lice in Asia and Central America.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

Today, many Swahili people have little genetic relationship with the medieval individuals in the study.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2023

He submitted DNA samples to prove he shares a genetic relationship with his children, which he hoped would speed up processing.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Yet the echinus can have, at the best, none but the most distant genetic relationship with the Polyzoa.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

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