consanguineous: {kon-san(g)-GWIN-ee-us}, adjective;
1. Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
2. Related
Origin:
Consanguineous is from Latin consanguineous, from com-, con-, "with, together" + sanguine us, from sanguis, sanguin-, "blood." The noun form is consanguinity, "relationship by blood, or close relation or connection."
Synonyms: agnate, akin, cognate, connate, consanguine, consanguineal, kin, kindred
Synonyms:
affiliated, born with, congenital, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, in the family, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, lineal, maternal, old, past, paternal, running in the family, totemic, tribal
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