kin to

phrase

somewhat old-fashioned
: a relative or relation of
I'm kin to nearly all the families that live in the valley.
Are you any kin to him?
He's no kin to me.

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Not far away lay a replica Viking longship, a smaller version of the vessel used by their spiritual and ancestral kin to explore and raid from North America to North Africa a millennium earlier. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 In its warping of folk and R&B rhythms and vocals, the record is kin to Mereba’s The Breeze Grew a Fire and Cleo Reed’s Cuntry. Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2026

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“Kin to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kin%20to. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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