« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 18 May 16 10:27 BST (UK) »
I thought 'kin' was a term used more in the USA than elsewhere.
I would also be interested to know what context this word is used. 
The term kinsman/kinswoman has been used through the centuries. I have a will from 1708 with the word kinsman; it actually referred to the testator's niece's husband.
I am Australian, from all the lands I come (my ancestors, at least!)
Pine/Pyne, Dowdeswell, Kempster, Sando/Sandoe/Sandow, Nancarrow, Hounslow, Youatt, Richardson, Jarmyn, Oxlade, Coad, Kelsey, Crampton, Lindner, Pittaway, and too many others to name.
Devon, Dorset, Gloucs, Cornwall, Warwickshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire, Wilts, Germany, Sweden, and of course London, to name a few.