affiliation

I (amalgamation) noun aggregation, alliance, association, centralization, coalition, combination, confederacy, confederation, consortium, corporation, embodiment, federation, fusion, integration, league, merger, unification, union, unity, voluntary association II (bloodline) noun agnation, ancestry, apparentation, blood relation, blood relationship, common derivation, consanguinity, descent, family, family connection, family tie, filiality, filiation, heredity, kindred, kinfolk, kinship, kinsmen, line of descent, lineage, next of kin, origin, parentage, relation, relationship, ties of blood, ties of race associated concepts: affiliation proceedings, paternity proceedings III (connectedness) noun alignment, appositeness, apposition, association, band of union, bond, coaction, coadjuvancy, coalition, colleagueship, combination, concert, conjunction, connection, consociation, copartnership, coworking, friendly association, implication, inclusion, intimate connection, involvement, joint enterprise, link, linkage, membership, participation, partnership, relation, relationship IV index affinity (family ties), ancestry, association (alliance), bloodline, cartel, chain (nexus), coalescence, coalition, combination, compatibility, confederacy (compact), connection (relation), consolidation, consortium (marriage companionship), contact (association), corporation, degree (kinship), federation, filiation, integration (amalgamation), kinship, league, merger, nexus, organization (association), privity, propinquity (kinship), relation (connection), side, union (labor organization)