as in biological
being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage
felt just as close to his adopted brother as he did to his two consanguineous siblings
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Recent Examples of consanguineous
The downsides of inbreeding are to some extent intuitively understood by all, especially consanguineous relations between first order relatives.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
One way to tackle the problem of genetic diseases which emerge out of consanguineous unions apparently isn't to discourage the unions themselves, but dodge the outcomes.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2010
First, the Middle East has long been, and is still now, a region characterized by consanguineous marriages which likely increases genetic distance over short spatial scales.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2013
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
One way to tackle the problem of genetic diseases which emerge out of consanguineous unions apparently isn't to discourage the unions themselves, but dodge the outcomes.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2010
First, the Middle East has long been, and is still now, a region characterized by consanguineous marriages which likely increases genetic distance over short spatial scales.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consanguineous
biological
Adjective
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Fittingly, moments later, Consuelos also started crying after his wife brought up another news item involving a family that, after the death of their young dog, adopted a replacement that, unbeknownst to them, ended up being their late pet's biological father.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Rudy Pankow, who played JJ Maybank for the first four seasons of the series, is not returning for the final season after his character died during the Pogues' mission in Morocco — at the hands of his biological father, Chandler Groff (J. Anthony Crane).—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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“Consanguineous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consanguineous. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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