no relation

idiom

—used after saying the names of two people with the same last name to say they are not related to each other

I'm Jill Jones, and this is Mike Jones—no relation.

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Cronin said sophomore forwards Brandon Williams and Devin Williams (no relation) would redshirt and freshman guard Eric Freeny was contemplating a similar fate. —

Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 After taking second to Alabama’s Victor Kiprop — no relation — at last year’s meet, Patrick Kiprop became the first Razorback to win an SEC individual cross country title since Gilbert Boit in 2018. —

Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 1 Nov. 2024 They’re rewritten every week and often have no relation to what actually happens over the course of a season. —

Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024 In August, another Baloch activist, Sammi Deen Baloch (no relation), was prevented from traveling to Geneva for an advocacy mission to highlight human rights issues in Balochistan. —

Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for no relation