son
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Another revealing discovery came from southern Italy, where researchers examined the genetic remains of Ostuni1b, a male fetus believed to be the son of a previously studied woman known as Ostuni1.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Beth Lew-Williams, a historian at Princeton University, only discovered two weeks before her grandfather died in 2002 that he had been a paper son.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
His son Eduardo, also a former Brazilian elected official, landed Florida around the same time, but has now moved to Texas.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Olha and Viacheslav had lived there with their son and daughter, both in their 30s.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
“Mrs. Dannenberg, do you—if it’s not too painful, do you know how your son died?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
After their first interrogations on Angel Island, many paper sons were scrutinized again in the 1950s and 60s as federal agents tried to sniff out Chinese Communist sympathizers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The film’s subjects, mountaineer Jim Morrison and his partner Hilaree Nelson, found love at the edge of the world and made a life together, with Morrison becoming co-parent to Nelson’s two young sons.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
The 41-year-old has three sons aged 24, 21, and 19.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
We expect to help one of our sons with a down payment on a home in Los Angeles once he has enough savings for the monthly payments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
He’d always insisted that daughters were as good as sons.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
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