'seems related' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate a connection between ideas. For example, "This phenomenon seems related to the increased popularity of online shopping."
RECEPTIVENESS to new technologies often seems related to age.
Somehow everything, whether animated or static, seems related, as if descended from a common ancestor.
His memory loss seems related to his recent death and rebirth.
Fear of sex in fiction seems related to fear of operatic emotion, as well.
Claire's stubbornness in believing in Minna seems related to the death of her son.
The seriousness of a case also seems related to the climate of the times.
Persephone's strangely reinvigorated husband, Horace, seems related by more than just name to the Egyptian god Horus.
Rather, it seems related to an ability to use more of the resources the brain has available.
"Unfortunately, we frequently see overcharging by the police, particularly when the charging seems related to conduct by the police themselves.
The technique in "Interpretive Landscapes" by Elizabeth Mesa Annis of Morristown seems related to the quick, precise strokes of Sumi brush painting.
