| 1 | A near relation of mine called me the other day. | |
| 2 | Mrs Hill is not at home to anyone except close relatives. | |
| 3 | 'That lady must be our relation, 'she said. | |
| 4 | Nominally they are close relatives, but they don't see much of each other. | |
| 5 | They don't have any living relatives to compare them to. |