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Ancestry factor over time without evolution's ends (9)

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I believe the answer is:

parentage

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'ancestry' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'factor over time without evolution's ends' is the wordplay.
'factor' becomes 'part'.
'over time' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of time. I am not sure about the 'over' bit.).
'without' is an insertion indicator ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'ends' means to remove the middle letters.
'evolution' with its centre taken out is 'en'.
'part'+'age'='partage'
'partage' enclosing 'en' is 'PARENTAGE'.

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(Other definitions for parentage that I've seen before include "Ancestors" , "child-minders" , "results from birth" , "Who's your father (and mother)?" , "Extraction, descent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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