parentage

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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

That same year, Judge Pellman denied Xu’s parentage petition in Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

However the rules meant that despite their parentage they had to serve a four-year qualification period.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 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

The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell