blood relative
noun
US
: someone who has the same parents or ancestors as another person
Your sister is your blood relative, but your brother-in-law is not.
Examples of blood relative in a Sentence
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Another character’s blood relative is old enough to shank, and Hollywood’s most meta slasher franchise is there to answer the call with a new entry that should push its aggregate over a billion dollars.
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Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
Others require that the owner live in the main property or that the dwelling units can only be rented to a blood relative of the property owner.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Only blood relations can pass their crest on, and Ser Arlan is no blood relative of Dunk’s.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
But Murry was never kind to the one member of the band who was not a blood relative.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Because losing him is akin to losing a blood relative, a close friend.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
About one in every 10 people with melanoma has a close blood relative who had the disease.6
A family history of melanoma can result from having similar light hair or skin, which makes one vulnerable to sunburns.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 9 July 2025
Oh, the gravity of caring for another, blood relative or not.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
And your blood relative, your actual cousin, may see her friend as part of the family.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2024
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Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
Others require that the owner live in the main property or that the dwelling units can only be rented to a blood relative of the property owner.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Only blood relations can pass their crest on, and Ser Arlan is no blood relative of Dunk’s.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
But Murry was never kind to the one member of the band who was not a blood relative.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Because losing him is akin to losing a blood relative, a close friend.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
About one in every 10 people with melanoma has a close blood relative who had the disease.6
A family history of melanoma can result from having similar light hair or skin, which makes one vulnerable to sunburns.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 9 July 2025
Oh, the gravity of caring for another, blood relative or not.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
And your blood relative, your actual cousin, may see her friend as part of the family.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2024
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“Blood relative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20relative. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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