consanguineous
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- adjective
- /ˌkɒn.sæŋˈɡwɪn.i.əs/
- Specialized
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consanguíneo
- For Saudi Arabia, El-Hazmi et al. (1995) report 57.7% of marriages to be between consanguineous kin.
- consanguineous marriage
Examples
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The results from the Middle East as a whole are striking, with rates of consanguineous marriage of more than 50% in some places.
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A fifth of Turkish marriages are consanguineous (to first or second cousins), about the same level as in Egypt.
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Children born outside of marriage are not common, and about forty percent of marriages are consanguineous.
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One doctor, a leading expert on consanguineous marriage in Lebanon, told me that:
Academic text (2007) -
First cousin marriages are the most common consanguineous bonds in the Arab world.
Blog text (20) -
Participants in this study consisted of a consanguineous sample of 29 matched pairs of single mothers and their 10- to 14-year-old children.
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Several consanguineous marriages occurred in the Darwin/Wedgwood dynasty, as shown in the pedigree depicted in Figure 1.
Academic text (2010) -
Most of these consanguineous marriages were contracted by the children of Josiah Wedgwood II, Charles Darwin's uncle.
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Besides, geneticists usually classify unions between biologically related persons, such as second cousins or closer, as consanguineous.
Blog text (20) -
In many rural areas, it is common for cousins to enter into consanguineous marriages.
Synonyms
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Connected by blood or marriage
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Related by blood rather than by adoption or marriage
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Related to another person by blood, like a cousin or sibling
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Born into the same family, not connected by marriage or adoption
Related by blood, like brothers or parents
People who have the same blood, like brothers or cousins
Antonyms
How Closely Related
Surface Forms
Morphology
consanguineous = sanguineous (semi-transparent) = con + sanguine + ous
The prefix 'con-' attaches to 'sanguineous' in a regular way to yield 'related by blood', but 'sanguine'/'sanguineous' are not commonly associated with 'blood' by average learners (who more often know 'sanguine' = optimistic), so the relation is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The word consanguineous comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and sanguis 'blood', so it literally means 'with blood'. So, it describes people who are related by blood and share the same ancestor.