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bloedverwant

Definitions of bloedverwant
  1. noun
    a person related by blood or marriage
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    examples:
    madonna
    the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
    types:
    ascendant, ascendent, ascendenten
    someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
    neef, nicht, oomzegster
    the child of your aunt or uncle
    descendant
    a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
    cognaat
    one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
    familie, familielid, geslacht, huis, maag, maagschap, naverwant, stam, verwant
    a person having kinship with another or others
    agnaat, agnaten, stamhouder
    one related on the father's side
    stamgenoot
    a male relative
    achternicht
    a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss
    nabestaande, nabestaanden
    the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person
    stammoeder
    a woman ancestor
    benjamin, boreling, jonggeborene, jonkie, pasgeborene
    the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
    bastaard, bastaardkind, basterd, hoerenzoon, kreng, rotding
    the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
    bigamist
    someone who marries one person while already legally married to another
    schoonbroer, zwager
    a brother by marriage
    kind, koter, loot, spruit
    a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
    schoondochter
    the wife of your son
    schoonpapa, schoonvader
    the father of your spouse
    eersteling, eerstgeborene, oudste
    the offspring who came first in the order of birth
    stamvader, voorvader, voorvaderen, voorzaat
    the founder of a family
    stamvader, voorvader, voorvaderen, voorzaat
    an ancestor in the direct line
    kindskind, kleinkind
    a child of your son or daughter
    echtgenoot, eega, gade, gemaal, kerel, man, manlief, mannie, vent
    a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
    schoonmama, schoonmoeder
    the mother of your spouse
    neef, oomzegger
    a son of your brother or sister
    neef, nicht, oomzegger, oomzegster
    a daughter of your brother or sister
    quintool, vijfling
    one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    schoonzus, schoonzus(ter)
    the sister of your spouse
    schoonzoon
    the husband of your daughter
    ambtsopvolger, opvolger
    a person who inherits some title or office
    tweeling
    either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    nonkel, ome, onkel, oom
    the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
    echtgenote, eega, gade, gemalin, moeders, vrouw, wijf
    a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
  2. noun
    a person having kinship with another or others
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