A distant relative is a family member connected only through several steps. A distant relative in Canada, some distant relative.
The distance is in the family tree rather than in geography, though the two often go together. A distant relative is usually somebody you know of rather than know.
1noundistant relativeA family member connected only through several steps.
“The house was left to a distant relative nobody had met.”
distant relative is a relative.
Practised in Family & People