parentage
Who your parents
Parentage is the identity or origins of one's parents: a child of unknown parentage, She discovered her true parentage through DNA testing.
The word often appears when ancestry is uncertain, disputed, or being revealed.
It can extend to origin more broadly: a phrase of French parentage.
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
- foremothersFemale ancestors collectively
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
antecedents · predecessors · family tree · pedigree · lineage · roots · clan · dynasty
Male parent status
- maternityState of being pregnant
- fatherhoodState of being dad
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- conceptionFormation of an idea
procreation · reproduction · birth · childbearing · offspring · progeny · scion · seed
Hereditary code molecule
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
chromosomes · alleles · genotype · phenotype · traits · haplogroup · dominant · recessive
Lawful or rightful status
- illegitimacyLacking lawful authority
- paternity testGenetic proof of parentage
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
- adoptionLegal family formation
custody · acknowledgment · recognition · establishment · disputed · unknown · surname · inheritance rights
Collective social practices
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- legacyWhat's passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- identityWho someone is
ethnicity · roots · inheritance · history · folklore · heirlooms · ceremonies · rituals
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
- foremothersFemale ancestors collectively
progenitors · antecedents · predecessors · family tree · pedigree · lineage · roots · clan · dynasty · house
paternity
Male parent status
- maternityState of being pregnant
- fatherhoodState of being dad
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
conception · procreation · reproduction · birth · childbearing · offspring · progeny · scion · seed · heir
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
bloodline · chromosomes · alleles · genotype · phenotype · traits · haplogroup · dominant · recessive · mutation
legitimacy
Lawful or rightful status
- illegitimacyLacking lawful authority
- paternity testGenetic proof of parentage
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
adoption · custody · acknowledgment · recognition · establishment · disputed · unknown · surname · inheritance rights · family law
culture
Collective social practices
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- legacyWhat's passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
identity · ethnicity · roots · inheritance · history · folklore · heirlooms · ceremonies · rituals · festivals
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, biography
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- family historygenealogy, ancestry, ancestor, ancestors, descendant
- genealogyfamily trees, family history, descendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing
- birth recordsbirth date, birth name, birth record, birth registration, birth location
- parental controlsSettings limiting child access
- parental guidanceAdvisory for young viewers
- parental unitsSlang for parents
- parental supervisionGuardians monitoring their children
- parental consentCaregiver's formal authorization
- parental leaveJob-protected time for newborns