Child
Child noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Parentage
Parentage noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
Usage example: they were pleased that their son's girlfriend was of good parentage
How words are described
| human | human child | human parentage |
| alien | alien child | alien parentage |
| true | true child | true parentage |
| actual | actual child | actual parentage |
| Other adjectives: real, mysterious, demon, biological. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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They both have similar parentage as they are both a child of a god: Leo is the son of Hephaestus, while Khione is the daughter of Boreas.
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What happens in cases where the child in question is a Wonder Child, and has celestial or other fantastic parentage?
Source: Happily Adopted - This is doubly ironic in that she has become the carer for Virginia's son by Trimmer; it is never clear whether Guy knows of the child's actual parentage.
Source: Literature / Sword of Honour
Cite this Source
Parentage and Child. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/child/parentage
Child & Parentage. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/child/parentage>.
Parentage or Child. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/child/parentage.
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