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Blood is thicker than water

Posted by Lorrie on February 18, 2003

It was my "understanding" that this phrase originated from bibilical times; specifically with Abraham... that the blood of a covenant was thicker than the water of the womb (birth & family ties). Quite the opposite of what is most commonly believed.

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