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"Blood is thicker than water" is a German proverb (originally: Blut ist dicker als Wasser), which is also common in English speaking countries. It generally means that the bonds of family and common ancestry are stronger than the bonds between unrelated people (such as friendship).

It first appeared in the medieval German beast epic Reinhart Fuchs (c. 1180 'Reynard the Fox') by Heinrich der Glîchezære, whose words in English read, 'Kin-blood is not spoilt by water.'

In 1412, the English priest John Lydgate observed in 'Troy Book,' 'For naturally blood will be of kind / Drawn-to blood, where he may it find.'

By 1670, the modern version was included in John Ray's collected 'Proverbs,' [1] and later appeared in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Guy Mannering' (1815) "Weel — Blud's thicker than water — she's welcome to the cheeses."[2] and in English reformer Thomas Hughes's 'Tom Brown's School Days' (1857).

The phrase was first attested in the United States in 'Journal of Athabasca Department' (1821)."[3]

On 25 June 1859, U.S. Navy Commodore Josiah Tattnall, in command of the American Squadron in Far Eastern waters, made this adage a part of American history when explaining why he had given aid to the British squadron in an attack on Taku Forts at the mouth of the Pei Ho River, thereby infringing strict American neutrality.

More recently, Aldous Huxley's 'Ninth Philosopher's Song' (1920) gave the saying quite a different turn with 'Blood, as all men know, than water's thicker / But water's wider, thank the Lord, than blood.'[4]

"Blood is thicker than holy water" is a quote from Mario Puzo's The Family, wherein the Borgia pope emphasizes that familial obligations are more important than religious ones.