birth mother

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Leo's birth mother, Rachel Fisher, said her son "didn't have a bad bone in his body".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

She and her husband adopted their son Leighton at the age of three, after he was removed from his birth mother when he was 18 months old.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Mieke Murkes was an infant when her birth mother, Okgyun, gave her up for adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

These children were almost always placed for adoption without much input from the birth mother, and the trauma that resulted was often lifelong.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

Then, when Christmas break came, I would tell the school I was sick and go to Birmingham and live with my birth mother and have the baby there.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose