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 truth about Lewis' parentage caused a years-long rift between the two.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Are there any students that may be of mixed parentage, such as half black-half Asian?
    — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 11 June 2020
  • 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
  • Many adults bring records with them to prove parentage to government agencies.
    — Washington Post, 10 July 2018
  • 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
  • In particular, some same-sex couples may have to do more to prove their parentage.
    — Veronica Dagher, WSJ, 27 June 2017
  • There are no easy answers to this, or to the question of Selina’s parentage.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 9 Mar. 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
  • But rumors about the true parentage of Rhaenyra’s sons are everywhere.
    — Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2022
  • For Casler, solving the mystery of her parentage has given her a new view of herself.
    — Katharine Gammon, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2017
  • Mansfield died when Mariska was just 3 years old, so Mariska had to find out about her parentage on her own .
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 May 2025
  • 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
  • So, would folks who read the memoir recognize in it something of Frank’s parentage?
    — Tirdad Derakhshani, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • All occupation children, all of mixed-race parentage and a result of war.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Long after Hauser’s death, scholars searched in vain for any proof of regal parentage.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • How often is the parentage of male novelists in their 60s mentioned?
    — Nora Krug, Washington Post, 18 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
  • 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 pair also urged the clinic to disclose any discrepancies in parentage.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • 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
  • Backed by the military and false claims of parentage, Julia Maesa managed to get her way.
    — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2019
  • The stories of Todd and Marv Marinovich are canon in the history of sports parentage.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2020
  • So perhaps Chelsea will be spared and have plenty of time to work with Rick through his new revelation about his parentage.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Attraction is a function of parentage and looks and submissiveness.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • Lewis died in 2011, after fighting a long battle with her mother about the truth about her parentage and early life.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • His secret parentage, from the captain's affair with his old flame Dixie, is revealed in their first-ever meeting.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025

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