Related by birth

Words referring to being related by birth: when one of your ancestors and one of someone else's ancestors are the same person.

• What words refer to being related by birth?
  related by blood be descended from descent direct line lineal descent consanguine
• What words refer to someone who is related to you by birth?
  blood relation
• What words refer to a listing of your ancestors?
  genealogy lineage pedigree family tree
• What words refer to inheriting physical traits from your ancestors?
  genetics inherit heredity run in the family pass on take after bad blood genes breeding

• Grandfather, grandmother
• Father, mother
• Brother, sister
• Son, daughter
• Grandson, granddaughter
• Uncle, aunt
• Cousin
• Nephew, niece
• Birth order