parentage
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But their shared lust for adventure created a prickly tension within their family unit, a strain between their passion and parentage that sits at the documentary’s emotional center.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Chelsey Calhoun, the investigating police detective, is also of Japanese descent, though she was adopted and knows nothing of her true parentage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
But the question of Kim's parentage hangs over the supreme leader to this day.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
He sought to invalidate the surrogacy contract as unconstitutional, denying the couple’s claim of parentage over their child.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
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
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