1. (n.) The relation of a father to his child; fatherhood\; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

2. (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.

3. (n.) Origin; authorship.

affiliation agnation alliance ancestry blood blood relationship brotherhood brothership cognation common ancestry common descent connection consanguinity cousinhood cousinship descent enation extraction family fatherhood fatherliness filiation fraternity heritage kindred kinship line lineage maternity matrilineage matriliny matrisib matrocliny motherhood parentage paternalness patrilineage patriliny patrisib patrocliny propinquity relation relationship sibship sisterhood sistership stock strain ties of blood