Name of a family that took in an extraterrestrial (4)

I believe the answer is:

kent

(Other definitions for kent that I've seen before include "Part of 1 25 [KING LEAR]" , "One of the Home Counties" , "Southern English county" , "Canterbury's county" , "County; punting pole" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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