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Synonyms

genetic relationship

American  

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

Not only do such resemblances exist, but they have been discovered and pointed out, not as mere adventitious similarities, but as proof of genetic relationship.

From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley

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