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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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Katie Stith, the softball coach at JSerra High, can finally take a bow and become the most famous Stith in the family — at least for a couple weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Will it give you a higher status in the family?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

"Unfortunately, my dad had died in 1996, but it was still nice to have them back in the family where they belong," he said.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

I’m in the family; good people, you know.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

I stay up past midnight reading in the family room in the hope that Cassie will get bored and go away.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

in the family

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