Parentage - Definition
parentage
n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
parenthood reformed the man" [syn: parenthood,
parentage]
2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn:
parentage, birth]
3: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]