blood relation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of blood relation
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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Single and empty-nested, Cuomo shares the space with a Northern Inuit named Captain, a blood relation to the dogs cast as viciously loyal “direwolves” on “Game of Thrones.”
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2021
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
Also attending are my best man, who lived next door and practically grew up with us, and my grandfather’s son, who is not a blood relation but who grew up with my parents.
From Slate • Jul. 9, 2018
The actress was not one of the famed director’s three children, and in fact had no blood relation to him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2016
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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