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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“Consanguineous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consanguineous. Accessed 10 May. 2024.

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