paternities
States of being fathers
Paternities is the plural of paternity, referring to multiple instances of fatherhood or questions of biological fatherhood.
The word appears most often in legal and medical contexts involving disputed parentage: The lab processed dozens of paternities each week.
A paternity test determines whether a man is a child's biological father.
State of being dad
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
offspring · heredity · chromosomes · ancestry · biological father · sperm · conception · parentage
Mandated parental financial contribution
- custodyProtective care or control
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- affidavitSworn written statement
court order · birth certificate · parental rights · disestablishment · adjudication · family law · obligation · establishment
Male role in procreation
- patriarchMale head of family
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- surnameHereditary family identifier
dynasty · ancestral · tribal · family honor · succession · bloodline · heritage · primogeniture
Origin of written work
- creatorshipState of having originated
- originationAct of bringing forth
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- inventionNew device or method
attribution · brainchild · genesis · originator · source · founder · architect · progenitor
fatherhood
State of being dad
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
lineage · offspring · heredity · chromosomes · ancestry · biological father · sperm · conception · parentage · genealogy
child support
Mandated parental financial contribution
- custodyProtective care or control
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
affidavit · court order · birth certificate · parental rights · disestablishment · adjudication · family law · obligation · establishment · disputed
fathering
Male role in procreation
surname · dynasty · ancestral · tribal · family honor · succession · bloodline · heritage · primogeniture · legitimacy
authorship
Origin of written work
- creatorshipState of having originated
- originationAct of bringing forth
- foundingCreating an organization originally
invention · attribution · brainchild · genesis · originator · source · founder · architect · progenitor · inspiration
paternitiesillegitimacies
Plural unlawful or improper states
fatherlessness · orphanhoods · anonymities · abandonments · childlessness
maternity, paternal, paternity, paternalism, paternally, paternalist, paternalistic, paterfamilias, paternalize