paternity

nouns

the state of being a father
"tests were conducted to determine paternity"
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes
"the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
is derived from
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
"the authorship of the theory is disputed"