Definition: parentage

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Parentage \Par"ent*age\, n. [Cf. F. parentage relationship.]
   Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors
   considered with respect to their rank or character;
   extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. ``Wilt thou
   deny thy parentage?'' --Shak.

         Though men esteem thee low of parentage. --Milton.