fil·i·a·tion /ˌfɪliˈeʃən/
 父子關係,分支,起源


 Fil·i·a·tion n.
 1. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.
    The relation of paternity and filiation.   --Sir M. Hale.
 2. Law The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation.
 3. Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a language.
 4.  One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot; as, the filiations are from a common stock.

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 filiation
      n 1: the kinship relation between an individual and the
           individual's progenitors [syn: descent, {line of
           descent, lineage]
      2: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
         [syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation]