parentage
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noun
- The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
- The social quality of one's class in society.
- Origin; derivation“Born and raised in Pristina, he was a Kosovar of Albanian parentage.”
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ancestrypedigreebloodlinelineagestockorigindescentbirthlinebloodblood lineline of descentprogenyfiliationkinrelatedness