parentage (Meaning)

Wordnet

parentage (n)

the state of being a parent

the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

the descendants of one individual

Webster

parentage (n.)

Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage.

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the state of being a parent, the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents, the descendants of one individualDescent from parents or ancestors; parents or

ancestry, pedigree, origin, breeding, lineage, strain, family,genealogy, stock, birth

issue, posterity, seed, posterity, issue, offspring, progeny, offspring, seed,progeny

The child's parentage remained unknown, sparking a lifelong mystery.

The adoption agency withheld the birth parents' parentage to protect the adoptee's identity.

DNA testing revealed the true parentage of the abandoned infant.

The paternity test confirmed the questionable parentage of the reputed father.