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Meanings of parentage in English

Portuguese
sangue
Catalan
nissaga
Spanish
casta

The descendants of one individual.

sangue
Catalan
maternitat

The state of being a parent.

maternitat
Portuguese
paternidade
Catalan
nissaga
Spanish
origen

The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents.

paternidade
Synonyms
Examples for "birth"
Examples for "birth"
1
Today we accept free primary and secondary education as a national birth-right.
The Guardian
2
The best hope of happiness is helping families resolve problems from birth.
The Guardian
3
In the UK, the birth rate clearly tracks government support for parents.
The Guardian
4
Principal results: Mean birth weight and gestational age were similar between groups.
Pubmed
5
When this happens, however, the birth father loses his right of access.
The Irish Times
Usage of parentage in English
1
A child's right to know its genetic parentage should always come first.
The Irish Times
2
It shocked me to hear him admit my eldest brother's true parentage.
Song of the Nile
3
He wanted to tell Quentin what Coran had said about his parentage.
Ilse Witch
4
This divine parentage has the sense in which the words were spoken.
AE in the Irish Theosophist
5
This was the first intimation given of the parentage of the child.
France in the Nineteenth Century
6
Graphically, it made sense because it clarifies that they're of different parentage.
The Guardian
7
To Erasmus of Rotterdam is generally given the parentage of the Reformation.
A Wanderer in Holland
8
At least Lydia had never suspected the truth about her own parentage.
Ruthless
9
You have doubts regarding your parentage; I know but little of mine.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 23
10
Microsatellites are widely used to investigate connectivity and parentage in marine organisms.
Pubmed
11
Age, about 30; birthplace and parentage, unknown, probably South American; profession, journalist.
The Gadfly
12
We would tell the child the truth about his or her parentage.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
13
And why had Brom not told him the truth about his parentage?
Brisingr
14
Ouattara was banned from a 2000 poll because of his foreign parentage.
Reuters
15
Not in any mind was there a doubt as to his parentage.
There & Back
16
That much his parentage defines for him, that is the natural man.
Mankind in the Making
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Translations for parentage
Parentage through the time
Parentage across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common