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paternity(noun, family, consanguinity, paternity, heritage)
6
roots(noun, cause, influence, connection, source)
5
house(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
5
line of descent(noun, expression, idiom, strain, line)
5
stemma
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fatherhood(noun, paternity)
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source(noun, cause, origin, descent, background)
4
species(noun, strain, line, descent, lineage)
3
consanguinity(consanguinity, paternity)
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kin(noun, group, strain, line, house)
3
kindred(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
3
origination(noun, cause, source, derivation)
2
affinity
2
air
2
ancestor(noun, cause, influence, connection, origin)
2
antecedent(noun, cause, source, origin, descent)
2
argumentation
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beginning(noun, cause, source, derivation)
2
birthing
2
breeding(noun, line, rank, origin, descent)
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