4.1.9.1 Related by birth

Use this domain for words referring to being related by birth--when one of your ancestors and one of someone else's ancestors are the same person.

OMC Codes: 
602 Kin Relationships
Louw Nida Codes: 
10A Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations
10B Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations
  • What words refer to being related by birth?
    related by blood, be descended from, descent, direct line, lineal descent, consanguine,
  • What words refer to someone who is related to you by birth?
    blood relation,
  • What words refer to a listing of your ancestors?
    genealogy, lineage, pedigree, family tree,
  • What words refer to inheriting physical traits from your ancestors?
    genetics, inherit, heredity, run in the family, pass on, take after, bad blood, genes, breeding