natural father

Example Sentences

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The name and the address left me no doubt that it was my natural father.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2017

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

Jade went to live with her natural father, Nigel Brown, at Potterhanworth near Lincoln, but a month later Cant tracked her down.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2010

You must see now that it was natural father and mother should have felt the way they did—" "Oh, the only thing that struck me as unnatural was their making you feel so too.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith