At the time of marriage, the blood relationship is explored.
In the situation you describe, that privilege apparently comes with the blood relationship.
Blade studied her as a woman, setting aside for the moment their blood relationship.
This would be another term for their conception of blood relationship.
They had no blood relationship with sepher, but simply giving a little help family warmth.
After all there was no blood relationship between them.
All the people in Vietnam's villages usually have a blood relationship.
It was hard to see what blood relationships meant; nothing, obviously.
"And the judge just accepted their claim of a blood relationship without checking into it?"
Thirdly, there must no blood relationship in the first or second line between partners.