filiation

1 the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent, lineage]

2 inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation]

Paternity may refer to:

• Paternity (biology and medicine), the biological / genetic descendency of an offspring to its male parent (sexually reproducing species)
• Paternity (law), the legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a father and his child
• Paternity (House episode), an episode of the television series House
• Paternity (film), a 1981 film starring Burt Reynolds

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