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parentage

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


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Jocelyn Kelleher, the New South Wales stand-off, qualified for England through parentage - but she showed no mercy for her mum's homeland as she and he athletic, skilful backs colleagues yielded try after try.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

State laws on the subject vary considerably, with some prohibiting commercial surrogacy and others liberally permitting it and even issuing parentage orders before birth.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

But Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier nonetheless sought to intervene in Simpson’s case, arguing in filings that the surrogacy agreement was invalid and Zhou hadn’t proved parentage under Florida law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

But the question of Kim's parentage hangs over the supreme leader to this day.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

My mother had not been unspecific when she spake of her royal Egba parentage and my birthright.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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