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• n  the state of being a father
  tests were conducted to determine paternity
• n  the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
• n  the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing

• He successfully lobbied his home state to pass its paternity-fraud law in 2002 and now runs a DNA-testing company.
• Still, after three blood tests indicated paternity, Young vowed to live up to his responsibilities.
• While the official certificate identifies paternity through a series of blood analyses, the commercial test, based on state-of-the-art genetic-research technology, establishes .

• fatherhood
• authorship

News & Articles

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• Moonwalking Pony Involved in Paternity Scandal
  Socks (Milday Socks, if ya nasty), a moonwalking Shetland pony who struck fame after appearing in an ad for broadband provider Three, has found himself in the center of a paternity...
  June 11, 2013 - E! Online
• 3 Potential Ways to Challenge Paternity Tests
  Looking to challenge a paternity test? While that's not a very romantic question, it's still a reality (and with Father's Day right around the corner, pretty relevant, too).
  June 10, 2013 - FindLaw
• Scotland's moonwalking pony in 'paternity battle'
  LERWICK, Scotland, June 10 (UPI) -- The owner of Scotland's famous moonwalking Shetland pony said the animal is engaged in a "paternity battle" to see if a foal is his progeny.
  June 10, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Howard K Stern in FOXNews
  It's difficult for me, but since paternity tests made it clear that Larry was the father, I knew it was inevitable,Stern told the AP. "I just want Dannielynn to have a good life, and I'm confident Larry will give it to her."
• John McCain in The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
  I don't know if it was a paternity issue or criminal,McCain says in his standard stump speech, "but it was a waste of money."
• Gloria Allred in Monsters and Critics.com
  Mel's lawyer Gloria Allred said: "He has not paid one penny of child support and we plan to ask the court to award child support and to decide what is reasonable. We have filed a paternity suit against Eddie Murphy to legally establish that he is...