(n.) The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

accord addition adjunct affairs affiliation affinity agnation alliance ancestry approximation assemblage association blood blood relationship bond brotherhood brothership closeness cognation combination common ancestry common descent connectedness connection consanguinity contiguity contrariety cousinhood cousinship dealings deduction disjunction enation fatherhood filiation fraternity homology intercourse intimacy junction kindred kinship liaison link linkage linking maternity matrilineage matriliny matrisib matrocliny motherhood mutual attraction nearness paternity patrilineage patriliny patrisib patrocliny propinquity proximity rapport relatedness relation relations sibship similarity sisterhood sistership sympathy tie tie-in ties of blood union