Synonyms:
- Byzantine intrigues,
- agnate,
- ancestry,
- backstairs influence,
- blood,
- blood relation,
- blood relative,
- clansman,
- cognate,
- collateral,
- collateral relative,
- consanguinean,
- deals,
- distaff side,
- distant relation,
- enate,
- family,
- flesh,
- flesh and blood,
- folks,
- games,
- german,
- influence peddling,
- intrigues,
- kin,
- kindred,
- kinfolk,
- kinnery,
- kinsfolk,
- kinsman,
- kinsmen,
- kinswoman,
- kith and kin,
- lobbying,
- lobbyism,
- near relation,
- next of kin,
- people,
- ploys,
- posterity,
- relations,
- relatives,
- ropes,
- schemes,
- sib,
- sibling,
- spear kin,
- spear side,
- spindle kin,
- spindle side,
- strings,
- sword side,
- tribesman,
- uterine kin,
- wire-pulling,
- wires