natural father

As an infant he was taken in by Edinburgh publican James Napier, who was "almost certainly" his natural father.

It confirmed what Marguerite had already been told about her natural father - that he was a cadet from Zambia, but his name or surname were not included.

“I assume the natural father, whoever he is, has not made any contact and no doubt doesn’t even know they exist.”

“This may be his only chance to be a natural father in 20 years’ time, and I couldn’t not give him that chance.”

Years later, Mr. Forman learned that his mother confessed to a fellow inmate that his natural father had been a Jewish architect.