biological parent
Genetic mom or dad
A biological parent is someone who contributed genetic material to conceive a child—the mother who provided the egg or the father who provided the sperm.
The term distinguishes genetic parentage from other forms of parenthood such as adoptive, step-, or foster parenting.
She was raised by her grandmother but recently reconnected with her biological parents.
In legal and medical contexts, biological parent often matters for inheritance rights, medical history, and custody determinations.
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- family treeChart of ancestors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
descent · pedigree · roots · forebears · kinship · maternal line · paternal line · progenitor
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
genotype · allele · genome · traits · mutation · dominant · recessive · genomics
Formation of an idea
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
procreation · sperm donor · egg donor · surrogacy · gamete · zygote · embryo · IVF
Woman who gave birth
- birthfatherMale genetic parent
- bio dadGenetic male parent
- birth familyRelatives by blood origin
- origin storyAccount of how something began
reunion · search · found family · open adoption · closed adoption · adoptee · relinquishment · surrendered
ancestry
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- family treeChart of ancestors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
bloodline · descent · pedigree · roots · forebears · kinship · maternal line · paternal line · progenitor · blood relation
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
inheritance · genotype · allele · genome · traits · mutation · dominant · recessive · genomics · meiosis
conception
Formation of an idea
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
childbirth · procreation · sperm donor · egg donor · surrogacy · gamete · zygote · embryo · IVF · giving birth
birthmother
Woman who gave birth
- birthfatherMale genetic parent
- bio dadGenetic male parent
- birth familyRelatives by blood origin
origin story · reunion · search · found family · open adoption · closed adoption · adoptee · relinquishment · surrendered
- familymother, father, siblings, son, brother
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- family rolesmother, father, mom, dad, mama
- Parent-Childmother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter, father-son, offspring
- DNA testsDNA test, paternity test, genetic test, DNA sample, genotyping
- parentagepaternity, parentage, maternity, fatherhood, motherhood
biological parentadoptive parent
One who legally claims another's child
stepparent · stepmother · foster parent · stepfather · adoptive mother
biological parentsurrogate mother
Woman bearing another's child
gestational carrier · sperm donor · egg donor · birth parent
parent, parents, biology, parenting, parental, biological, parenthood, biologist, biosphere