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blood relative

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Noun1.blood relative - one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
blood relation, cognate, sib
relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
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``I wasn't allowed into the hearings because I'm not a blood relative, so I wrote a letter (and asked) to see a judge, and he granted me visitation, and it just went on from there.
THE GIFT OF FAMILY ADOPTIVE PARENTS REJOICE AT EVENT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In some states, without such an authorization, courts may give that responsibility to the closest blood relative.
Home is where the protection is: in the absence of a marriage ... by Henneman, Todd / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Now let's try to understand that falling into sexual and emotional thrall with an underage blood relative hadn't exactly been on my list of Things to Do while visiting England, but I was coming around to the belief that whether you liked it or not, Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.
Poetry in prose by Baker, Deirdre F. / The Horn Book Magazine
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