👉 In the context of genealogy, a "consanguinean" is an individual who has one or more relatives who are related to them in a way that makes their relationship more closely knit than one might expect. This can take many forms, including being cousins, siblings, or even direct family members. For example, if someone's father was the son of a cousin and his mother was the sister of a cousin, they could be considered consanguineous (or "related to each other