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

“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

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