Alexanda Kotey, a Londoner who has been named in reports as a key conspirator of Mohammed Emwazi, has not been seen for "a number of years" by his relatives.
Emwazi is better known as "Jihadi John" - the Briton seen murdering hostages in several Islamic State videos.
In a statement, Kotey's family said: "The Kotey family are deeply distressed about recent media reports involving Alexe. They have not seen Alexe for a number of years.
"They would ask the media to respect their privacy and to desist from attempting to contact them, and not to seek to take or publish any photographs of them."
Emwazi who was held responsible for the deaths of several Western captives - including Britons David Haines and Alan Henning - was killed in a drone strike in Syria late last year.
He was arrested by Turkish police on the day before terror attacks in Paris killed 130 people - and faces allegations that he was plotting an imminent attack on Europe similar to those seen in France.
According to reports, Kotey is a Muslim convert and an apparent father of two.
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