relatives

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Scientists consider these fish to be close relatives of the earliest four-limbed vertebrates that later evolved into land animals.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Then, his relatives would show off with “Do Re Mi.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Erin is the youngest of the relatives at 55 and didn’t become directly involved with his father’s music until he was 14, when he joined Davis on tour in 1985.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

But just before the wedding, when she turned 16 in 1996, Sierra Leone's civil war caused enough distraction to allow her to escape with the help of relatives and seek asylum in the UK.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

His family wiped out by disease and war, fourteen-year-old orphan Andrew Jackson first lived with relatives and later moved to North Carolina.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis