Only dogs registered in the national stud book have a record of their parentage and genetic traits.
But the crucial point is that these dogs were defined by form and function rather than by parentage.
The size of the corn genome alone is one strong clue that the plant probably has a diverse parentage.
We're still a hundred years behind, saying that two lineages have the same parentage because they have the same morphology.
In the supposed tug-of-war between parentage and patronage on one side and genius and talent on the other, both push and pull.
She dealt gracefully with the complicated issues of her parentage.
Babbling, foolish vanity, and vain curiosity have the same parentage.
Marriage, quite aside from parentage, also gives two people invaluable experience.
British Dictionary definitions for parentage
parentage
/ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ/
noun
1.
ancestry
2.
derivation from a particular origin
3.
(rare) parenthood
Word Origin and History for parentage
n.
late 15c., "parental conduct," from Middle French parentage (12c.), from parent (see parent). Meaning "lineage" is from 1560s; figurative use from 1580s.