blood relatives
Your biological family
Blood relatives are family members connected by biological descent rather than marriage, adoption, or other legal bonds.
A blood relative shares genetic ancestry with you—parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins.
The phrase distinguishes biological kin from in-laws or stepfamily: She left everything to her blood relatives.
Also written as one word: bloodrelatives.
- parentsMother and father
- siblingsFellow offspring
- familyRelated people together
- kinBlood-connected people
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
genealogy · cognate · kinship · ancestry · heirs · sib · descendants · cousins · kissing cousins · family tree · offspring · clan · family reunion · maternal · forebears · kinsmen · kinfolk · inheritance
blood relativesin-laws
Relatives through marriage
stepfamily · stepparents · stepchildren · chosen family · foster family
blood relativesstrangers
People unknown to you
non-relatives · outsiders · acquaintances · friends · colleagues
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