consanguineous

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Several children were the result of consanguineous marriages, in which the parents are related.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024

“Ninety percent of the cases I see are caused by consanguineous marriages,” says Ms Zaki.

From Economist • Feb. 25, 2016

With the pianist-brother's recent success, however, the consanguineous harmonies of the trio will no longer be heard.

From Time Magazine Archive

These are tabu to one another, being, as I have said, regarded as being as closely consanguineous as actual brothers and sisters.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil

Barnes, an English physician, and others claim they find that terata are frequent in consanguineous marriages, but I have not been able to verify the assertion.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin