blood relative

He says the broker made it appear as if he was donating to someone he was related to by marriage: "Someone who is not a blood relative, but a distant relative".

Now, thanks to a little DNA, we know their real family bond: They are blood relatives.

Under the new policy, China will only send children overseas for adoption if the adoptive parents are blood relatives.

And though her friends may not be blood relatives, she said they made her feel as though she had the "biggest family in the world".

Barton was unaware of any living blood relatives until he recently discovered a second cousin through an ancestry website.