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  • A group of related persons, see Kinship
    Kinship
    Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. In anthropology the kinship system includes people related both by descent and marriage, while usage in biology includes descent and mating...

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  • "Kindred
    Kindred (Heroes)
    "Kindred" is the third episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. The episode was written by J. J. Philbin and was directed by Paul Edwards. It originally aired on October 8, 2007.- Plot :...

    " is an episode of the NBC
    NBC
    The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...

     television series Heroes
    Heroes (TV series)
    Heroes is an American fantasy television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the characters' lives...

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  • The novel by Octavia Butler, see Kindred (novel)
    Kindred (novel)
    Kindred is a 1979 novel by Octavia Butler. While most of Butler's work is classified as science fiction, Kindred is often shelved in literature or African-American literature and Butler herself categorized it as "a kind of grim fantasy" ....

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  • The Kindred, vampires from a fantasy role-playing game, see Vampire: The Masquerade
    Vampire: The Masquerade
    Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, Vampire: The Masquerade was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness live-action and role-playing games, based on the Storyteller System and centered around vampires in a modern Gothic-Punk world....

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  • Kindred (comics)
    Kindred (comics)
    The Kindred was a four-issue comic book mini-series published by Wildstorm in 1994. Its writers were Jim Lee, Brandon Choi, Sean Ruffner and Brett Booth, who was also the artist. A second series was published in 2002, Brett Booth was the sole writer and artist this time...

    , a group of superheroes from the Wildstorm
    Wildstorm
    WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, publishes American comic books. Originally an independent company established by Jim Lee and further expanded upon in subsequent years by other creators, WildStorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1999...

     universe.
  • Kindred: The Embraced
    Kindred: The Embraced
    Kindred: The Embraced is an American science fiction television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for eight episodes before it was canceled on May...

    , a 1990s TV series also based upon vampires.
  • The R&B duo, see Kindred the Family Soul
    Kindred the Family Soul
    Kindred the Family Soul, also referred to as Kindred, are an American R&B, soul, and neo soul duo consisting of the married couple of Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon...

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  • A type of Germanic Neopaganism
    Germanic Neopaganism
    Germanic Neopaganism is the modern revival of historical Germanic paganism. Precursor movements appeared in the early 20th century in Germany and Austria...

     group; see Kindred (Asatru).
  • A race of demonic beastmen in the MMORPG
    MMORPG
    Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of computer role-playing games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

     Final Fantasy XI
    Final Fantasy XI
    , also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Square as part of the Final Fantasy series. It was released in Japan on Sony's PlayStation 2 on May 16, 2002, and was released for Microsoft's Windows-based personal computers...

    , also known as "Demons".
  • Jonathan Kindred, the one of the pioneers of digital rights management
    Digital rights management
    Digital rights management is a generic term for access control technologies that can be used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to try to impose limitations on the usage of digital content and devices...

     and digital media
    Digital media
    Digital media are usually electronic media that work on digital codes. Today, computing is primarily based on the binary numeral system. In this case digital refers to the discrete states of "0" and "1" for representing arbitrary data...

     distribution in the mobile telecom industry.
  • Kindred is the name of a hardcore band from America.
  • Michal Kindred
    Michal Kindred
    Michal Kindred is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.Michal was born in the town of Brno in the Czech Republic. His father owned and operated a small gym there. This is where Michal grew up watching men change their bodies through hard work and determination.One day his father decided to put...

     is an IFBB
    IFBB
    IFBB can refer to:* Independent Family Brewers of Britain* International Federation of BodyBuilders...

     professional bodybuilder
    Bodybuilding
    Bodybuilding is a form of body modification involving intensive muscle hypertrophy; an individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their appearance...

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  • In the first season episode "Gender Bender" of The X-Files
    The X-Files
    The X-Files is an American cult science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. It first aired in September 1993 and ended in May 2002...

    , the Kindred are a group similar to the Amish
    Amish
    The various Amish or Amish Mennonite church fellowships are Christian religious denominations that form a very traditional subgrouping of Mennonite churches. They are best known for their simple living, plain dress and resistance to the adoption of many modern conveniences...

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  • Kindred Healthcare Inc., an international group of long term acute care facilities with headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2008 was 713,877 , with a population of 1,244,696 in the Louisville...

    , USA
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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  • Philip Kindred Dick
    Philip K. Dick
    Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose published work during his lifetime was almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian...

    , an American science fiction novelist.