blood relationship

Example Sentences

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Daenerys has other plans; with her dragons and blood relationship to the monarchy, she believes she’s the rightful queen.

From The Verge • Feb. 28, 2019

On its website, the department says that to transfer a parent’s U.S. citizenship to a child born abroad, “a biological relationship, or blood relationship, is required.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2018

When you have a blood relationship in a family, there’s no way to negotiate out of that.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2016

Maybe it’s because there is a technicality involved here: My dad’s cousin married Rolf’s grandpa’s cousin, which means Rolf and I don’t have a true blood relationship.

From Inc • Jan. 12, 2012

Not that I really thought a blood relationship could explain the way I had twice been drawn to him.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler