no relation

phrase

—used after saying the names of two people with the same last name to say they are not related to each other

I'm Jill Jones, and this is Mike Jones—no relation.

Examples of no relation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Irfan Arshad Khan, president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan and no relation to the rescuer, said the remains of seven climbers, including all six from Nepal, had been repatriated. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (no relation to Nirav Modi), who rose to power four years earlier on a promise of anti-corruption, faced intense media and public pressure to extradite the fugitive jeweler. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

Castillo — no relation to Luis — nevertheless defended his agents’ use of anti-immigrant words. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Waters also explains why another Waters – taboo-breaking filmmaker John Waters (no relation to Sasha) – plays such an important role in the documentary. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 July 2026

Rhymes for no relation

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation