Arthur Golden

I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. He and I never discussed his parentage, which was an open secret, but it fascinated me.

American Writer

Emma Walton Hamilton

My parentage set me up to want to make a life of my own in the arts, but also contributed to my feeling a certain amount of pressure, especially in my early years, to figure out who I was and how to make my own mark.

British Author

George Bernard Shaw

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

Irish Playwright

Christopher Eccleston

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

English Actor

When talking about adopted individuals, 'parentage' often implies a quest to discover biological roots.

Adoption Cases

'Parentage' may refer to the ethnic or racial heritage of a person, especially if parents belong to different groups.

Ethnic Background

'Parentage' can imply a person's social status or class, derived from their parents.

Social Status

'Parentage' can have legal implications, like inheritance rights or surname determination.

Legal Significance

When used for animals, 'parentage' refers to their breed lineage, often affecting their value.

Purebred Animals

In cases where a child's paternity is unclear, 'parentage' refers to the father's identity.

Paternal Question

 a study out of complex parentage is that the more detail the better audiences are far smarter and far more fascinated by really detailed thoughtful elements a story and we probably realized when we began our careers and this is one of the things we've discovered and trying to

Ron Howard and Brian...

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Breaking the illusion of...

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