Family and Heir

Family

Family noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

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Heir and family are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heir" instead a noun "Family".

Nearby Word: familial

Heir noun - A person who has the right to inherit property.

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Family and heir are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Family" instead a noun "Heir".

Nearby Words: heiress, heirdom

known	known family	known heir
close	close family	close heir
old	old family	old heir
rich	rich family	rich heir
Other adjectives: perfect, current, original, true, dead, single, powerful, actual, real, evil, black, main, living, new, former, wealthy, imperial, remaining, surviving, adopted, biological, closest.

Theme Naming: The Hiizumi family names each heir to the head of the family with the characters for the seasons somewhere in their names, rotating with each generation.

Source: Manga / Yozakura Quartet
Princess Mineva Lao Zabi, the last survivor member of the Zabi family and heir to the Principality of Zeon, formerly a figurehead used by previous Neo Zeon movements, she's now decided to go out on her own to try to stop another war from breaking out.

Source: Rebellious Princess
Later, he goes to her family dojo and finds out she's the heir of the Toudou family he must protect and teach martial arts to.

Source: Manga / Kagetora

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