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• n  a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
  felt a deep kinship with the other students
  anthropology's kinship with the humanities
• n  (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

• I asked her to play the role--even though she is way more beautiful than I am--because I felt a real kinship to her.
• Do you feel a kinship with President Obama? And what would you like the United States to do in Africa? Indeed this kinship is there, is existing.
• A kinship with Native Americans has been a logical way to claim some sort of "non-black" status in a society where black is the most demeaned racial category.

• affinity
• family relationship
• relationship

News & Articles

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• Sports strengthens, nurtures the paternal bond New Orleans Pelicans' coach Monty Williams has with his five children
  Workouts help growth, kinship.
  June 16, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune
• Riffs celebrates the solstice with Utah Phillips tribute
  Recycle Utah Executive Director Insa Riepen feels a sense of kinship with the late singer-songwriter Utah Phillips, who was known as the "Golden
  June 14, 2013 - Park Record
• Waiting for a Mentor: Boys just want to go fishing
  School is done for the year and kids of all ages are longingly watching the weather and asking "when will the rain stop so we can go fishing?" Yes, Minnesota summer is here and so is the rain, but a lot of kids aren't wondering if the sun will come out. They are wondering if someone will come to the rescue, bring some fun into their lives and step up to be their Kinship Partner.
  June 11, 2013 - Brainerd Dispatch

Quotes

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• Eric Schmidt in San Francisco Chronicle
  We didn't reach this decision lightly; after all, we had a fair amount of brand equity tied up in our old name,Schmidt added. "But the more we surfed around (the former) Topeka's municipal Web site, the more kinship we felt with this fine...
• Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times
  There is just an extraordinary affinity and kinship that we have. We owe so much to England; that when you come here there's that sense of familiarity, as well as difference, that makes it just a special place,Obama said, seeking to repair a...
• John McCain in Melbourne Herald Sun
  Patriotism is deeper than its symbolic expressions, than sentiments about place and kinship that move us to hold our hands over our hearts during the national anthem,Republican presumptive White House nominee Senator McCain wrote in Parade...