as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
the new teacher was of English parentage
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Recent Examples of parentage
On the one hand, Lady Penwood has tormented Sophie since her father’s death, denying her parentage, forcing her into servitude, and working her to the bone.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
All occupation children, all of mixed-race parentage and a result of war.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
Austerlitz is an architectural historian but adrift in that his true identity—that is, his Jewish identity, his parentage, and his native language—have been hidden from him most of his life.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Temptation arrives in the form of a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston), who tries to sow doubt about the identity of Jesus’ real parentage, as a conflict grows between the son and his carpenter father Joseph.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
All occupation children, all of mixed-race parentage and a result of war.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
Austerlitz is an architectural historian but adrift in that his true identity—that is, his Jewish identity, his parentage, and his native language—have been hidden from him most of his life.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Temptation arrives in the form of a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston), who tries to sow doubt about the identity of Jesus’ real parentage, as a conflict grows between the son and his carpenter father Joseph.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parentage
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In January, a DNA profile was successfully developed and uploaded to a direct-to-consumer ancestry database while a genealogist assigned to the Riverside Cold Case Homicide Team was able to positively identify a potential match to a close relative in Alabama.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Leo’s ancestry includes four generations of Cubans on his mother’s side.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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Although the lineage may be different, just about every single other aspect of Margaret Atwood’s original Daisy and Agnes remains.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, the Arabic language brought people together through an unbroken lineage.—
Doris Bittar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The design captures the majesty and beauty of its origin.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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What began as a small corn mill and tortillería has since grown into a full dining room and taquería where the pair nixtamalize single-origin corn to coax out its full spectrum of unique flavors and textures.—
Anais Martinez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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Peterson praised the pedigree of Lee, a two-time world champion as an assistant, and mentioned that players fall in line with his no-nonsense standards.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Eternally Yours‘ pedigree gave it an inherent edge over The Tillbrooks, a multi-camera sitcom from Tara Hernandez and Warner Bros TV starring Kate Walsh and Rhys Darby.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
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The tours cover the estate’s architecture, its history with horse breeding and racing and the journey from enslavement to emancipation of the African Americans who lived there.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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For example, for animals that have evolved to breed at a specific time of the year, urban heat islands can select for earlier breeding.—
Daniel T. Blumstein,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Parentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parentage. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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