family connections
Ties through blood
Family connections are relationships through kinship or marriage that provide access to opportunities, resources, or social networks.
The phrase often implies advantage gained through relatives rather than merit: She got the job through family connections.
It can also refer more neutrally to the bonds between relatives: He moved back to maintain his family connections.
- auntParent's sister or equivalent
- cousinAunt or uncle's child
- grandparentParent once removed
- kinshipState of being related
- blood tiesFamilial relationships through ancestry
in-law · heritage · household · adoptee · nephew · love · lineage · stepchild · ancestry · clan · black sheep · partner · next of kin · foster · bloodline · genealogy · descendant · legacy
- elite networksold boys network, old boys club, inner circle, inner circles, cronyism
- alumni bioalma mater, major, minor, graduation date, academic awards
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- genealogydescendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing, pedigrees, lineages
- alumni recordsalumni network, alumni association, graduation records, graduation date, yearbooks
- easy moneyeasy money, quick buck, fast cash, windfall, gravy train
family connectionsfriendships
Voluntary affectionate relationships
business contacts · colleagues · acquaintances · strangers · chosen family
family connectionssocial isolation
Lack of human contact
rootlessness · estrangement · alienation · disconnection · orphanhood
family connectionsself-made success
Achievement without external help
merit · meritocracy · starting from nothing · hard work · talent