natural father
Example Sentences
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The name and the address left me no doubt that it was my natural father.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2017
He doesn't carry the faulty gene in question and he has gone on to form a positive and meaningful relationship with his natural father.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2014
His renown as a wise and generous actor led to him becoming a natural father figure in any company he joined.
From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2013
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
"Then it is not natural that you should intend to—" "If it is not natural, father, at any rate it is true."
From A Woman of Thirty by Balzac, Honoré de