near relative
near relation

Which was no great wonder, for it soon appeared that he was their near relation.

You know he is a near relation of my wife's.

Well, it was supposed to be her aunt, after all, and so close a resemblance wasn't unusual in near relations.

It would be considered shocking not to go into very deep mourning for such a near relation.

He was, as you know, an extremely wealthy man with no near relations.

I don't think she had any near relations.

She had no near relations of her own to consult.

There are yet four human lives of near relations which are in such great danger!

People who have no very near relations or friends.

That would just be the near relations then?