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  1. Relationship by blood, whether lineal (for
  2. example by direct descent) or collateral (by
  3. virtue of a common ancestor). The degree of
  4. consanguinity is significant in laws relating
  5. to the inheritance of property and also in
  6. relation to marriage, which is forbidden in
  7. many cultures between parties closely related
  8. by blood. See also affinity.
  9.