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filiation
noun
- the state or fact of being a son or daughter; relation of a child to its parent
- descent from or as from a parent; derivation
- the forming of a new branch of a society, etc.
- such a branch
- Law the determination by a court of the paternity of a child
See filiation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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