akin

Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood.

[W]e are too near a kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another; […]

The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.

Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?

She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.

To relate or compare; to liken.

I like to akin the P-Diddy case to Gen-Z's version of the O.J. Simpson trial.

A surname.