How to Use parentage in a Sentence

parentage

noun

• The process to secure legal parentage through the courts varies by state.
  — Allison Hope, CNN, 10 July 2022
• The question of the parentage of Rhaenyra’s children is left kind of ambiguous in the book.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Sep. 2022
• The only way to tell if this claim was true was to carry out a DNA parentage test.
  — Denise Hruby, National Geographic, 5 June 2019
• Are there any students that may be of mixed parentage, such as half black-half Asian?
  — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 11 June 2020
• There are no easy answers to this, or to the question of Selina’s parentage.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2022
• The stories of Todd and Marv Marinovich are canon in the history of sports parentage.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2020
• For many years, Andrew believed the lie about his parentage.
  — Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
• The kid doesn’t have his own mask or anything but doubts are rapidly cast about his true parentage.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• That child recently found out his true parentage, and not just that, the child was already in WWE.
  — Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 18 July 2017
• For Casler, solving the mystery of her parentage has given her a new view of herself.
  — Katharine Gammon, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2017
• The family had kept his parentage a secret for decades.
  — Peter Nicholas, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2019
• Hadelich, who turns thirty-four this month, is of German parentage but was raised on a farm in Tuscany.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2018
• But rumors about the true parentage of Rhaenyra’s sons are everywhere.
  — Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2022
• All demigods are said to have ADHD and dyslexia as a product of their godly parentage.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2024
• Many adults bring records with them to prove parentage to government agencies.
  — Washington Post, 10 July 2018
• So, would folks who read the memoir recognize in it something of Frank’s parentage?
  — Tirdad Derakhshani, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2017
• Owen and his wife, Beru, raise Luke on their humble moisture farm and keep the truth of his parentage from him, but Obi-Wan knows he's destined for more.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 26 May 2022
• Margaret didn’t top out anywhere near 5 feet, due to polio as much as parentage.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2022
• But if parentage can be proven through other official means, then Sabraw said that was enough.
  — Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 July 2018
• But if parentage can be proved through other official means, Sabraw said, that was enough.
  — Brittny Mejia, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
• In particular, some same-sex couples may have to do more to prove their parentage.
  — Veronica Dagher, WSJ, 27 June 2017
• Backed by the military and false claims of parentage, Julia Maesa managed to get her way.
  — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2019
• How often is the parentage of male novelists in their 60s mentioned?
  — Nora Krug, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• Edinbyrd, who was present at the birth, said Mila's parentage is not in dispute and said that the family does not know the people on the form.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2023
• By making a joke that touched on Modi’s parentage, Khera crossed a line, Modi’s allies said.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
• In a callback to last week’s glossectomy scene, the king says anyone who talks about the boys’ parentage will have their tongue removed.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
• The contrast of my son’s pale skin against his dark locks was nothing compared to the blond curls of many of these children, who shared his part-Arab part-Caucasian parentage.
  — Nashwa Gowanlock, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• Because that film retconned almost all of what transpired in The Last Jedi, as far as Rey’s parentage and a bunch of other things.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
• Axl was born in December 2022, and Wayans signed a voluntary declaration of parentage one day after her birth.
  — Essence, 11 July 2024
• Davis separately filed a parentage action in a Dallas County court, a case that is also resolved through the settlement.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024