natural father

Example Sentences

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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

"If, later on, one of my children meets someone who doesn't know who his natural father is, he can consult this list," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 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

He's my natural father and no more, and he never wanted or meant to be more.

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden