parentage

American  

[pair-uhn-tij, par-] / ˈpɛər ən tɪdʒ, ˈpær- /

noun

1. derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage.

   a man of distinguished parentage.

   Synonyms:

   stock, extraction, ancestry

2. the state or relation of a parent; parenthood.

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parentage British  

/ ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ /

noun

1. ancestry

2. derivation from a particular origin

3. rare parenthood

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Etymology

Origin of parentage

From Middle French, dating back to 1480–90; parent, -age

Example Sentences

The judge denied his request for parentage—normally quickly approved for the intended parents of a baby born through surrogacy, experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal

However the rules meant that despite their parentage they had to serve a four-year qualification period.

From BBC

The judge ordered that baby Eleanor be placed for adoption, and also made a "declaration of non parentage".

From BBC

And although she didn’t know it, Estelle was misled about her parentage — her elder sister was actually her mother; the mother who raised them both was her grandmother.

From Los Angeles Times

As an expert breeder, Wade Bennett can tell you the precise parentage of every one of the 140 head of Charolais cattle he keeps on a small holding on the edge of Nebraska’s rolling Sandhills.

From BBC

Related Words

• bloodline
• derivation
• lineage