Related Words for paternal

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maternal
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Adjective, Adjective, Adjective
parental
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Adjective
paternalistic
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Adjective, Adjective
fatherly
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Adjective, Adjective
related
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Adjective, Adjective
filial
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Noun, Noun
familial
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Adjective
motherly
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Adjective
ancestral
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Adjective
genetic
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Adjective
matriarchal
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Adjective
patriarchal
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Adjective
fraternal
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Adjective
lineage
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Noun
ancestry
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Noun
kinship
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Noun
grandfather
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Noun
patrilineal
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Adjective
parentage
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Noun
benevolent
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Adjective
paternity
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Noun
doting
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Adjective
sternness
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Noun
mother
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Noun
matrilineal
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Noun
overweening
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Adjective
solicitude
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Noun
hereditary
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Adjective
aristocratic
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Adjective
filiation
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Noun
offspring
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Noun
pedigree
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Noun
patriarch
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Noun
inheritance
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Noun
monarchical
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Adjective
pater
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Noun
lineal
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Noun
benevolence
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Noun
biological
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Adjective
protectiveness
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Noun
progeny
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Noun
conjugal
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Adjective
infantile
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Noun
adoptive
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Adjective
generational
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Adjective
spousal
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Adjective
genealogical
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Name
overbearing
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Adjective
epigenetic
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Adjective
dynastic
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Adjective
reverential
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Adjective
intergenerational
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Adjective
upbringing
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Noun
reciprocal
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Adjective
uncle
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Noun
childlike
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Adjective
bloodline
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Noun
patronymic
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Noun
familiar
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Adjective
patrimonial
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Noun
patrician
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Noun
double
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Adjective
natural
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Adjective
brotherly
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Adjective
posthumous
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Adjective
first
/
Adjective
patristic
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Noun
masculine
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Adjective
allelic
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Adjective
inbred
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Adjective
collateral
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Noun
cognate
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Noun
half
/
Noun
akin
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Adjective
vernacular
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Noun
tribal
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Adjective
natal
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Name
ethnic
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Adjective
gentlemanly
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Adjective
successive
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Adjective
marital
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Adjective
gentile
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Noun
royal
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Name
pharaonic
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Noun
palatinate
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Name
aunts
/
Noun
imago
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Noun
incest
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Noun
phallus
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Noun
haplotype
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Noun
sib
/
Noun
meiosis
x/x
Noun
kindly
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Adverb
interdiction
xx/x
Noun
benediction
xx/x
Noun
imprinting
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Noun
kinsmen
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Noun
great
/
Noun
grandma
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Noun
ancestor
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Noun
signifier
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Noun
chromosome
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Noun
kin
/
Noun
affection
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Noun
surname
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Noun
affectionate
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Adjective, Verb
approximate
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Adjective, Verb
arid
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Adjective
basic
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Adjective, Noun
bodily
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
compassionate
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Adjective, Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
dad
/
Noun, Verb
daddy
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
human
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
indulgent
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Adjective
intrinsic
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Adjective, Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
melodic
x/x
Adjective
oh
/
Noun, Verb
outgoing
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Adjective, Noun
overprotective
xxx/x
Adjective
parenthood
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Noun
patria
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Noun
personifications
x/xx/x
Noun
raw
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
religious
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Adjective, Noun
simple
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
sisterly
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Adjective, Adverb
tender
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
vocal
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Adjective, Noun
wifely
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Adjective
maypole
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Noun, Verb
girly
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Adjective, Noun
cloth
/
Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
sfa
x
Name
pidgin
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Noun
dicky
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Name, Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun