birth parent
Example Sentences
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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
“Adoption is unique because there is a triad — the adoptee, the adoptive parent and the birth parent — and the running question is, like, who has the right to know what?”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
No child on earth wants to think their birth parent rejects them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2018
