blood siblings
Shared-parent children together
Blood siblings are brothers or sisters who share at least one biological parent, as distinguished from step-siblings or adopted siblings.
The term emphasizes genetic relationship: She has two blood siblings and three step-siblings from her father's remarriage.
Sometimes shortened to blood sibs.
- brotherMale with shared parents
- sisterFemale sibling
- half brotherMale sharing one parent
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
- relationsConnections or dealings
cousins · relatives · families · DNA · shared genes · heredity · adoption · lineage · biology · family resemblance · genetics · parentage · offspring · birth order · ancestry · shared history · loyalty · genealogy
blood siblingsstep-siblings
Children of remarried parents
adoptive siblings · stepsiblings · half-siblings · stepbrother · stepsister
blood siblingschosen family
Intentionally formed kinship network
found family · siblings-in-law · sworn brothers · blood brothers
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