parentage
Example Sentences
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She asked Andrés a series of questions about Eliad, entered his answers into an app on her tablet and certified the baby’s birth and parentage, all in less than an hour.
From New York Times
The term Anglo-Indian commonly refers to people with British and Indian parentage.
From BBC
As Dennison reminds us, Roald — born in Wales, of Norwegian parentage — also lost a sister when she was 7, to appendicitis, and his father soon after.
From New York Times
Predictably, receiving such a directive from a reality TV star whose parentage was her original claim to fame rubbed many people the wrong way.
From Washington Post
Because of his parentage? — and he avoids detection by wandering through the South talking philosophy and cars and nuclear annihilation with people from his past and present as we stitch together his story.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
