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    [Adjective]  | "con*san*guin*e*ous" | \ ˌkän-ˌsan-ˈgwi-nē-əs \


    1: of the same blood or origin; specifically : descended from the same ancestor


    Origin: 1601 ;

     Latin consanguineus, from com- + sanguin-, sanguis blood;

    [Adjective]  | "consanguineous" 


    1: being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage;


      * e.g., " ... felt just as close to his adopted brother as he did to his two consanguineous siblings "





     [ "consanguinity" ]

    1: of blood relation; being descended from the same ancestor as another person

      * e.g.,  ... Him: I love my niece Emersyn and nephew Camden. 

     [ "Consanguineous (ˌkɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪəs)" ]

    1: Meaning of consanguineous in English: consanguineous ADJECTIVE Relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor.

      * e.g.,  ... ‘We use the patterns of homozygosity at multiple loci to distinguish between excess homozygosity caused by consanguineous mating and that due to undetected population subdivision.’ 


     [ "Consanguineous (ˌkɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪəs)" ]

    2: ‘consanguineous marriages may give rise to recessive syndromes’ Origin

      * e.g.,  ... ‘It makes feasible the analysis of multilocus data observed on general pedigrees containing possibly consanguineous marriages and missing information.’ 


     [ "Consanguineous (ˌkɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪəs)" ]

    3: Early 17th century from Latin consanguineus ‘of the same blood’ (from con- ‘together’ + sanguis ‘blood’) + -ous. Pronunciation /ˌkɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪəs/

      * e.g.,  ... ‘Horizontal lines represent crosses, thick horizontal lines are consanguineous crosses, and vertical lines represent descendants from such matings.’ 

     [ "relatives of consanguinity of straight line" ]

    1: mother: girl or woman who gave birth to a child father: boy or man who was responsible for the formation of a one child or more children through sperm parent: mother or father grandmother: parent’s mother grandfather: parent’s father grandparent: parent’s parent great-grandmother: grandparent’s mother great-grandfather: grandparent’s father great-grandparent: grandparent’s parent great-great-grandmother: great-grandparent’s mother great-great-grandfather: great-grandparent’s father great-great-grandparent: great-grandparent’s parent great-great-great-grandmother: great-great-grandparent’s mother great-great-great-grandfather: great-great-grandparent’s father great-great-great-grandparent: great-great-grandparent’s parent daughter: girl or woman in relation to her parents son: boy or man in relation to her parents child: person in relation to her parents granddaughter: child’s daughter grandson: child’s son grandchild: child’s child great-granddaughter: grandchild’s daughter great-grandson: grandchild’s son great-grandchild: grandchild’s child great-great-granddaughter: great-grandchild’s daughter great-great-grandson: great-grandchild’s son great-great-grandchild: great-grandchild’s child great-great-great-granddaughter: great-great-grandchild’s daughter great-great-great-grandson: great-great-grandchild’s son great-great-great-grandchild: great-great-grandchild’s child

      * e.g.,  ... I am glad to see my relatives of consanguinity of straight line all gathered at Christmas. 

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