birth father

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While seeking to understand how Otto got this assignment, Ms. Kuehn learned that Ruth’s birth father had been a Jewish man.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

At 24, he met his birth father, launching a relationship with him, his half-siblings and extended family that he says over time “changed the trajectory of what's family to me.”

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

He didn’t really know his birth father and didn’t make it past ninth grade.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Vicki was also able to trace her birth father living in Jamaica and was told she had a half-sister called Angelique, who was raised by her mother and stepfather, and two half-brothers.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

And she started with the truth: “My birth father was Native. I have family beyond the parents who failed me. You have family beyond me and the ways I failed you.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith