natural father

Example Sentences

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“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

He doesn't carry the faulty gene in question and he has gone on to form a positive and meaningful relationship with his natural father.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2014

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

In this case, the adoption had not really taken place, and the lad's duty to his living natural father remained unaffected.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William