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filiation

noun

  1. the state or fact of being a son or daughter; relation of a child to its parent
  2. descent from or as from a parent; derivation
    1. the forming of a new branch of a society, etc.
    2. such a branch
  3. Law the determination by a court of the paternity of a child

See filiation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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