filiation
Descent from ancestors
Filiation is the relationship between parent and child, or more broadly, the line of descent connecting generations.
Legal contexts use it for establishing paternity or determining inheritance rights.
The word extends to intellectual or organizational lineage—the filiation of ideas traces how one concept derives from another: The filiation between his theory and Darwin's is unmistakable.
Study of family descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
family tree · dynasty · succession · progenitors · forebears · ancestors · descendants · posterity
Related people together
- relativesThose connected by blood
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
kinfolk · siblings · parents · children · cousins · nephews · nieces · grandparents
State of belonging
- associationGroup with shared aim
- allianceFormal union of parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- connectionA joining or relation
attachment · branch · subsidiary · chapter · spinoff · derivation · offshoot · relation
State of being dad
- paternalOf or from father
- sireMale animal parent
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- begetterOne who brings forth
patriarch · father-figure · DNA testing · biological father · genitor · acknowledgment · legitimacy · paternity suit
One legally taken in
- fosterageRearing another's child
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- orphanChild whose parents died
orphanage · reunification · surrogacy · biological parents · birth parents · adoptive parents · legal adoption · closed adoption
genealogy
Study of family descent
heritage · family tree · dynasty · succession · progenitors · forebears · ancestors · descendants · posterity · roots
family
Related people together
- relativesThose connected by blood
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
tribe · kinfolk · siblings · parents · children · cousins · nephews · nieces · grandparents · grandchildren
membership
State of belonging
- associationGroup with shared aim
- allianceFormal union of parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
connection · attachment · branch · subsidiary · chapter · spinoff · derivation · offshoot · relation · link
fatherhood
State of being dad
- paternalOf or from father
- sireMale animal parent
- progenitorAncestor or originator
begetter · patriarch · father-figure · DNA testing · biological father · genitor · acknowledgment · legitimacy · paternity suit · paternity test
adoptee
One legally taken in
- fosterageRearing another's child
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
- guardianshipLegal care of another
orphan · orphanage · reunification · surrogacy · biological parents · birth parents · adoptive parents · legal adoption · closed adoption · open adoption
filiationpaternity
Male parent status
maternity · parenthood · descent · ancestry
filiationdisaffiliation
Formal separation from organization
estrangement · disinheritance · repudiation · orphanhood · illegitimacy