natural father
Example Sentences
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As an infant he was taken in by Edinburgh publican James Napier, who was "almost certainly" his natural father.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023
The woman he thought was his mother was his aunt, the sister of his natural father.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2017
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
