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Part of family relations for chirpy little creature (6)

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I believe the answer is:

siskin

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'part' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'family relations for chirpy little creature' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'family' could be 'kin' (synonyms) and 'kin' is found within the answer.
'relations' could be 'sis' (si is a kind of relation) and 'sis' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for siskin that I've seen before include "Winger" , "Type of finch" , "Small yellow and black finch" , "Greenish songbird of finch family" , "Singer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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