father
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His father had been in a relationship with Wendy Van Wanten, whose real name is Iris Vandenkerckhove, before he went on to marry Princess Claire in 2003.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The latest trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was suspended Thursday following claims that kidney test results presented to the court came from his father.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A more plausible reason for the Sussexes’ unexpected English retreat may be related to the health of Prince Harry’s father, King Charles III, with whom Harry reunited in July.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
I learned that he’s a proud father of two boys and a girl, and two dogs named Nipsey and Scrap, whom he affectionately calls his “babies.”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
“We’ll be in touch with Lexie’s father and work this out.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
There are about 730,000 paying parents on the CMS's books, and we have spoken to fathers who say their mental health has been impacted by what they describe as incompetence.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The pain and anguish it is causing behind closed doors is clear from interviews AFP conducted across the country, with even deeply religious fathers questioning the ruling.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The results suggest that Shimao's social hierarchy was organized through patrilineal descent, meaning ancestry and status were traced through fathers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The accomplishments of the fathers or uncles of those draftees loom large.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
As a result, many fathers are in prison, and those who are “free” bear the prison label.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
On a global basis, some men were uncomfortable providing a sample, while others assumed they had no fertility problems because they were sexually active or had previously fathered a child.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The safari park lost its previous bull Thorn, who fathered 29 calves over the course of his life, in 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Some males fathered more calves than others, but the difference was not as extreme as researchers had expected.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
Huerta said that over the years, she’s developed a “deep relationship” with the children Chavez fathered and they are close to their siblings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
He had turned the corner many times, had fathered more than twenty children over the years, some of whom were now over a century old themselves.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
In 2015 he admitted to fathering a child with his lover.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
There’s little airtight data on the fathering brain; cohorts are small; some results await replication while others confound analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Even decades later, the legacy of whaling continues to shape whale populations, affecting not only how many whales exist today but also which males succeed in fathering calves.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2026
“If I was in a situation where I was fathering a child who was near a potential lifestyle like mine, I would be suggesting and making recommendations different to ones I received.”
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
And Leon had not done so badly either, with his four marriages and dedicated fathering.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
