natural father
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The woman he thought was his mother was his aunt, the sister of his natural father.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2017
When he began to go through the legal procedures for adoption, social services tried to find the natural father.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2014
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
By the side of the natural mother it had placed the authentic natural father who probably was better authenticated than many a "father" of our day.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich