parentage


parentage (http://definr.com/parentage)

     n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
          parenthood reformed the man" [syn: parenthood]
     2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn: 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, stock]