parentage
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But their shared lust for adventure created a prickly tension within their family unit, a strain between their passion and parentage that sits at the documentary’s emotional center.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
The birth of a beautiful child to a couple in an Italian town is a cause for celebration, until the father’s suspicions about the boy’s true parentage grow into a dangerous obsession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The secrecy around his parentage could also be part of the reason why he was quick to publicly present his wife Ri Sol Ju.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Florida law also allows non-biological fathers and mothers to establish their parentage via contractual consent when they conceive using donated sperm, eggs, or embryos.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
Those who knew the secret of his parentage thought that the answer meant that he too was aware of it, but he had really never been.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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