1. (n.) The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.

2. (n.) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation.

Indian file accord addition adjunct affairs affiliation affinity agnation alliance ancestry apparentation approximation array articulation assemblage association bank birth blood blood relationship bloodline bond branch breed brotherhood brothership buzz catena catenation chain chain reaction chaining closeness cognation combination common ancestry common descent concatenation connectedness connection consanguinity consecution contiguity continuum contrariety course cousinhood cousinship cycle dealings deduction derivation descent direct line disjunction distaff side drone enation endless belt endless round extraction family fatherhood female line file fraternity gamut gradation homology house hum intercourse intimacy junction kindred kinship liaison line line of descent lineage link linkage linking male line maternity matrilineage matriliny matrisib matrocliny monotone motherhood mutual attraction nearness nexus offset offshoot paternity patrilineage patriliny patrisib patrocliny pendulum periodicity phylum plenum powder train progression propinquity proximity queue race range rank rapport recurrence relatedness relation relations relationship reticulation rotation round routine row run scale seed sept sequence series shoot sibship side similarity single file sisterhood sistership spear side spectrum spindle side sprout stem stirps stock strain string succession swath sword side sympathy thread tie tie-in tier ties of blood train union windrow