birth mother
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Mieke Murkes was an infant when her birth mother, Okgyun, gave her up for adoption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
These children were almost always placed for adoption without much input from the birth mother, and the trauma that resulted was often lifelong.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025
In a twist of fate, they were matched with a birth mother just as they were traveling to Italy to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
The police search for the babies' birth mother and father continues.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
Here we were—my adopted parents, my birth mother, my half sister, and a stranger my mother needed for support—courteously sitting across from one another.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
