birth parent
Natural mom or dad
A birth parent is a biological parent, as distinguished from an adoptive parent or stepparent.
The term appears most often in adoption contexts, where it identifies the mother or father who conceived the child: She decided to search for her birth parents when she turned eighteen.
Birth mother and birth father specify each role.
- motherFemale parent
- genitorBiological father or mother
- fatherMale parent
- biologicalRelating to living organisms
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
sealed records · identity formation · origin · nature vs nurture · search · open adoption · closed adoption · surrender · reunion · maternity · adoption agency · family reunification · roots · lineage · conception · paternal · blood relative · identity
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, son
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- family rolesmother, father, mom, dad, parents
- Parent-Childmother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter, father-son, offspring
- adoptionadoption, adoption agency, adoption agencies, adoption process, adoption law
birth parentadoptive parent
One who legally claims another's child
adoptive mother · adoptive father · stepparent · stepmother · stepfather
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