blood-related vs akin

blood-related and akin both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blood-related	No	Yes	No	No
akin	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, blood-related and akin are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of blood-related include cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin.

blood-related (adjective)	akin (adjective)
related by blood	related by blood
	similar in quality or character