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Adjective: familial  fu'milyul or fu'mileeul
  1. Relating to or having the characteristics of a family
    "children of the same familial background"; "familial aggregation"
     
  2. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
    "familial traits"
    - genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible

See also: family, heritable, inheritable

Encyclopedia: Familial