natural father

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“This may be his only chance to be a natural father in 20 years’ time, and I couldn’t not give him that chance.”

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2018

The woman he thought was his mother was his aunt, the sister of his natural father.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2017

When he began to go through the legal procedures for adoption, social services tried to find the natural father.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2014

In perhaps his boldest act with his new identity, he demanded that the birth certificates of the children be amended “to reflect that Jeffrey John Shaw is the natural father of our children.”

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2011

In this case, the adoption had not really taken place, and the lad's duty to his living natural father remained unaffected.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William