kinned
Joined by blood
Kinned means related by kinship or recognized as kin.
The word appears most often in compounds: like-kinned, close-kinned.
In contemporary use, kinned has gained currency in online fan communities, where to have kinned a character means to identify deeply with them—to feel a profound personal connection: I kinned her the moment I saw her.
Those connected by blood
- siblingsFellow offspring
- parentsMother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
- householdDomestic unit of residents
extended family · nuclear family · spouses · cousins · grandparents · descendants · progeny · offspring
Descent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
ancestors · progenitors · pedigree · genealogy · roots · origin · predecessors · antecedents
State of proximity
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
solidarity · camaraderie · fellowship · brotherhood · sisterhood · comradeship · unity · loyalty
Related group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- communityCollective of connected people
- chosen familyIntentionally formed kinship network
- found familySelf-selected intimate circle
in-group · nepotism · tribalism · clannish · insular · tight-knit · interconnected · collective
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
blood relation · consanguinity · hereditary · inherited traits · genetic · genomic · chromosomes · alleles
relatives
Those connected by blood
household · extended family · nuclear family · spouses · cousins · grandparents · descendants · progeny · offspring · home
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- descentDownward slope or lineage
forebears · ancestors · progenitors · pedigree · genealogy · roots · origin · predecessors · antecedents · dynasty
closeness
State of proximity
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
rapport · solidarity · camaraderie · fellowship · brotherhood · sisterhood · comradeship · unity · loyalty · allegiance
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- communityCollective of connected people
- chosen familyIntentionally formed kinship network
found family · in-group · nepotism · tribalism · clannish · insular · tight-knit · interconnected · collective · network
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
bloodline · blood relation · consanguinity · hereditary · inherited traits · genetic · genomic · chromosomes · alleles · genotype