blood-related
- adjective
- /blʌd rɪˈleɪtɪd/
- My brother and I are blood-related, sharing the same biological parents.
So my immediate family circle of people that I am blood related to it is just my dad, my mom and I.
- So my immediate family circle of people that I am blood related to it is just my dad, my mom and I.
- Like the fact that we're blood related does not give you the right to stay in my life if you don't belong there.
Examples
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"Not blood related," he said, "and there are people here today who would say that I should be down by the back door like I am every other Sunday, and the Lord knows I’d feel more at home.
Fiction book (1997) -
Like the fact that we're blood related does not give you the right to stay in my life if you don't belong there.
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Just because we're not blood related, we're not family?
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"But they are not blood related?"
Fiction book (1991) -
So we are sister and go and we're from Texas and we're not, you know, we're like blood related for sure.
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So my immediate family circle of people that I am blood related to it is just my dad, my mom and I.
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As she observes them, she considers how close in age they are, yet they hardly seem blood related.
Fiction book (1997) -
I think that the answer to the question would have been that it's not "wrong" since they're not blood related and didn't grow up together, but just because it's not wrong doesn't mean
Blog text (9) -
When Rhea was young, she pretended that she looked like her aunt and told people she had her eyes—but the two were not blood related.
Fiction book (1996) -
Although they are not blood-related, they consider each other family due to their close bond.
Synonyms
Connected by blood or marriage
Related by blood rather than by adoption or marriage
Related to another person by blood, like a cousin or sibling
People who share the same ancestor and are related by blood
People who have the same blood, like brothers or cousins
Related by blood, like brothers or parents
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word blood-related joins blood, used to mean 'family by birth', and related, meaning 'connected', so someone who is blood-related is family by birth, not by marriage or adoption.