birth parent

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“Parents used to keep adoption secret from their children,” Frankel said, because it was understood to be shameful “for all three legs of the stool: the child, the birth parent and the adoptive parents.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Dear Amy: As an adoptee and a birth parent, I have to correct your advice to “Anguished Aunt,” the sister who disregarded her brother’s wishes to have contact with his biological daughter.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2023

What this film does that's really important is showing the partners, the men and the partners, who are left behind when the birth parent dies.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2022

During this time, a relative could petition to become the child’s guardian or a birth parent could petition to reunify with their child, Stogel said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2022

In exchange for a genetic fingerprint, individuals may find a birth parent, long-lost cousins, perhaps even a link to Oprah or Alexander the Great.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2018