parentage

Example Sentences

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Viewers eventually learn Sophie’s servitude is forced after her parentage is revealed — she’s the illegitimate daughter of an earl.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

In a podcast with The Athletic FC, Rosenior highlighted how his star striker, Emmanuel Emegha, was labelled "difficult" and "emotional", but said he understood the Netherlands international with Nigerian parentage.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

And the 14th Amendment includes the equal protection clause, which also affirms that citizenship does not discriminate based on race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or, as Sotomayor notes, parentage.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025

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