Both Uses of
familial
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- All adults had to be addressed as Mister, Missus, Miss, Auntie, Cousin, Unk, Uncle, Buhbah, Sister, Brother and a thousand other appellations indicating familial relationship and the lowliness of the addressor.†
p. 28.2 *
- I greeted her: "Hello, Dolores" (we had long dropped the pretense of familial relationship).†
p. 243.3
Definition:
relating to a family -- often of inherited traits or diseases