parentage
Example Sentences
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State laws on the subject vary considerably, with some prohibiting commercial surrogacy and others liberally permitting it and even issuing parentage orders before birth.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The birth of a beautiful child to a couple in an Italian town is a cause for celebration, until the father’s suspicions about the boy’s true parentage grow into a dangerous obsession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The secrecy around his parentage could also be part of the reason why he was quick to publicly present his wife Ri Sol Ju.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
They function much the same way as surrogacy contracts, which similarly establish legal parentage through contract rather than biology.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
Colonel Aureliano Buendía who at first received them with mistrust and even doubted the parentage of some, was amused by their wildness, and before they left he gave each one a little gold fish.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
