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in the family

ADJECTIVE
ancestral
Synonyms
STRONGEST
familial tribal
WEAK
affiliated born with congenital consanguine consanguineous genealogical inborn inbred inherited innate lineal maternal old past paternal running in the family totemic
ADJECTIVE
patrimonial
Synonyms
WEAK
affiliated born with congenital consanguine consanguineous familial genealogical hereditary inborn inbred inherited innate lineal maternal old past paternal running in the family

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He saw leasing part of his land to a solar company as a way to stay afloat and keep the land in the family.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Her passion for real estate runs in the family.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The battered wooden trunk had been in the family for a century -- shifted from attic to barn to garage as it was handed down through the generations.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

In 2020 he abandoned his career in finance, sold all his shares and gold and invested the money in the family farm, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

I skidded to a stop in the family room, almost slamming into his tall, wiry frame.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas