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

Years later, Mr. Forman learned that his mother confessed to a fellow inmate that his natural father had been a Jewish architect.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2018

Mr Dingemans said the allegations about the natural father in the wake of the tragedy were "shocking and appalling".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2012

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

Adopted into another family, children ceased to have any claim of kindred or inheritance through their natural father, though any rights they might have through their mother were not similarly affected.

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