filiation

n. parentage (Law); origin; ancestral relation; fact of being the child of -

Paternity may refer to:Paternity (biology and medicine), the biological / genetic descendency of an offspring to its male parent (sexually reproducing species)Paternity (law), the legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a father and his childPaternity (House episode), an episode of the television series HousePaternity (film), a 1981 film starring Burt Reynolds
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Pa·ter·ni·ty n. 1. The state of being a father; fatherhood. 2. Descent on a father's side; paternal descent. [more]Filiation - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
(synonym) descent, line of descent, lineage
(hypernym) kinship, family relationship, relationship
(hyponym) bilateral descent
(derivation) filiate
2. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
(synonym) ancestry, lineage, derivation
(hypernym) inheritance, hereditary pattern
(hyponym) breed, strain
(attribute) purebred

n. filiation