blood relation
noun
British
: someone who has the same parents or ancestors as another : blood relative
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Despite our familiarity with the dictionary’s explanation, within the context of culture, especially Black culture, an auntie can be a figure in someone’s life irrespective of blood relation.
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 16 Aug. 2023
Over the past 20 years, a number of historians (including Mount Vernon research historian emerita Mary Thompson) have argued that Costin may have been a blood relation of the first lady.
—Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2023
The America’s Got Talent host and The Morning Show star, both 54, met up over Memorial Day weekend, after uncovering their surprising blood relation in a recent episode of the PBS ancestry show Finding Your Roots.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
India Espy-Jones, Essence, 16 Aug. 2023
Over the past 20 years, a number of historians (including Mount Vernon research historian emerita Mary Thompson) have argued that Costin may have been a blood relation of the first lady.
—Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2023
The America’s Got Talent host and The Morning Show star, both 54, met up over Memorial Day weekend, after uncovering their surprising blood relation in a recent episode of the PBS ancestry show Finding Your Roots.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
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“Blood relation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20relation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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