birth parents
Original family members
Birth parents are the biological mother and father of a child, as distinguished from adoptive parents, stepparents, or other caregivers.
The term appears most often in adoption contexts: She decided to search for her birth parents when she turned eighteen.
Also spelled as one word: birthparents.
Relating to living organisms
- adopteeOne legally taken in
- reunionGathering after separation
- searchAct of seeking
- recordsStored data or albums
open adoption · closed adoption · relinquishment · placement · consent · triad · identity · agency
Female parent
brothers · sisters · half-siblings · children · offspring · kin · relatives · extended family
Ancestry through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- family treeChart of ancestors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
forebears · progenitors · ancestors · heritage · roots · kinship · consanguinity · pedigree
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
genotype · phenotype · allele · dominant · recessive · genetic testing · health history · medical history
biological
Relating to living organisms
records · open adoption · closed adoption · relinquishment · placement · consent · triad · identity · agency · foster
mother
Female parent
siblings · brothers · sisters · half-siblings · children · offspring · kin · relatives · extended family · grandparents
bloodline
Ancestry through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- family treeChart of ancestors
descent · forebears · progenitors · ancestors · heritage · roots · kinship · consanguinity · pedigree · lineage
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
inheritance · genotype · phenotype · allele · dominant · recessive · genetic testing · health history · medical history · traits
- orphan careorphanages, orphans, foundlings, foster care, foster homes
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- adoptionadoption, adoption agency, adoption agencies, adoption process, adoption law
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
birth parentsadoptive parents
Legal non-birth guardians
foster parents · adoptive mother · adoptive father · adopters · stepparents
birth, parent, rebirth, birthday, parents, birthing, births, birthplace, parental