parentage
     n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
          parenthood reformed the man" [syn: {parenthood}]
     2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn: {birth}]
     3: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
        been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
         {descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree},
         {ancestry}, {origin}, {stemma}, {stock}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0