parentage

Example Sentences

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For Chloe, Silvia and Fausto, that decision also meant weighing which of them would get access to paid family leave — something California law guarantees only to workers with documented proof of parentage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Courts in different jurisdictions don’t necessarily have visibility into parentage applications filed elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Of course, there are parallels between Whitaker and Alani with their parentage and privilege — Whitaker doesn’t deny that.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

Factual parentage was all that mattered under the law.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

Maybe they have discovered some fact about his parentage that even he doesn’t know, something ruinous.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr