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
Despite his extraordinary parentage, he’s living a fairly ordinary life in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times
When some goons show up to kidnap her, a bloody showdown ensues, and her true parentage is revealed.
From New York Times
Such winged insects as these had no need of mates or parentage, the philosophers theorized, since they did not reproduce.
From New York Times
Especially over the past 10 years, he has established a musical disposition that’s thoroughly his own, indebted to but independent of his parentage.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
