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consanguinity
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upright=1.3|right|thumb|One legal definition of degrees of consanguinity. The number next to each box in the table indicates the degree of relationship relative to the given person.
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upright=1.3|right|thumb|One legal definition of degrees of consanguinity. The number next to each box in the table indicates the degree of relationship relative to the given person.
Consanguinity () is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common ancestor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “consanguinity” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.