Noun
The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.
Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.
Origin; authorship.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it. Jorge Luis Borges
Some men just aren't cut out for paternity. Better they should realize it before and not after they become responsible for a son. Lois McMaster Bujold
Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it. Herman Melville
Maternity," it has been said, "is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion. Walter Bagehot
The glaring obviousness of my paternity of monochromy in the twentieth century is such that even if I myself were to fight hard against that fact I should probably never manage to rid myself of it. Yves Klein
Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion. American Proverb