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parentage

par·ent·age [ pérrəntij ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody's parents: a person's parents or ancestors, especially when regarded in terms of social characteristics or geographic origins
of Irish parentage

2. derivation: the origins or sources that something has developed from

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