Definition of "consanguineal" []

• Related by bloodline; consanguineous. (adjective)

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• "They strong-armed aside the last King of Afghanistan, disregarding the importance of consanguineal dynastic loyalty, which is a crucial element in establishing a unified and legitimate Afghan state."
• "It would be tempting to accept the theory (implied by White and Junod) that women's tattoos were an inscription of consanguineal kinship intended as evidenceperhaps for husbands and affinesthat wives 'affective loyalties lay permanently with their natal clan."
• "Emphasizing continuity rather than change, women's life-storytelling reveals their deep involvement in extensive kin-based social networks (consanguineal, affinal, fictive), but places marriage and uterine ties consistently in the narrative foreground."