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kinfolk
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kin·folk  (knfk) also kins·folk (knz-) or kin·folks (knfks)
pl.n.
Relatives; kindred.

kinfolk [ˈkɪnˌfəʊk]
pl n
Chiefly US and Canadian another word for kinsfolk
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Noun1.kinfolkkinfolk - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
people - members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"
homefolk - the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day"
house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York"
dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
gens, name - family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"


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That way I will not be responsible for any messed-up schedules or any chaotic scrambles to see all the kinfolks in one day.
We'se uh mingled people and all of us got black kinfolks as well as yaller kinfolks.
 
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