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The importance of family ties and dynastic habits has long been observed by modern historians of the crusades.
Your home life moves more smoothly now you can accept differences of opinion matter less than family ties.
countable noun [with singular or plural verb]
A family is a group of people who are related to each other, especially parents and their children. [...]
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