consanguinity

Roget category 11

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.2. Relation
›› 1.2.1. Absolute relation

#11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity

noun

consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood — parentage etc. (paternity) 166 — filiation^†, affiliation — lineage, agnation^†, connection, alliance — family connection, family tie — ties of blood — nepotism.
kinsman, kinfolk — kith and kin — relation, relative — connection — sibling, sib — next of kin — uncle, aunt, nephew, niece — cousin, cousin-german^† — first cousin, second cousin — cousin once removed, cousin twice removed — etc. near relation, distant relation — brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood.
family, fraternity — brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood^†.
race, stock, generation — sept etc. 166 — stirps, side — strain — breed, clan, tribe, nation.

verb

be related to etc. adj.. claim relationship with etc. n.. with.

adjective

related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral — cognate, agnate, connate — kindred — affiliated — fraternal.
intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied — german.

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