blood relative
Example Sentences
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It’s for Logan’s Aunt Dana, who was not a blood relative but a close friend of the O’Hoppes, who died in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023
She was discharged from hospital after a DNA test confirmed her aunt was a blood relative.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023
Vampire bats are highly social animals, for whom "blood relative" takes on a whole new meaning.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022
Crans is adopted, but his mother’s stepfather, Robert Lincoln Beckwith, was the last known blood relative of the Lincoln family.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2021
I’m not sure what I am most: embarrassed or freaked out or just knocked to my senses by seeing a forgotten blood relative.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
