as in biological
being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage felt just as close to his adopted brother as he did to his two consanguineous siblings

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Recent Examples of consanguineous The downsides of inbreeding are to some extent intuitively understood by all, especially consanguineous relations between first order relatives. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
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biological
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  • Georgia Marcum, 21, is a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student majoring in biological engineering.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The identity of the fourth victim—Rasmussen's biological daughter—remained unknown.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Consanguineous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consanguineous. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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