birth parent

noun

: the natural father or mother of a child who has been adopted

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Recent Examples on the Web Yet wide variation on secondary parent leave also significantly affects a policy’s value, particularly for male partners of birth parents. Michelle Travis, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 Jannie was able to locate her birth parents even though her initial records indicated that she had been abandoned. Arin Yoon, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024 An adoptee wants details about the Chinese birth parents who gave her up. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024 Since preschool, Fang had been officially registered as the daughter of her eldest uncle – an attempt by her birth parents to circumvent harsh penalties for having a second baby under China’s controversial one-child policy that was enforced from 1980 to 2015. Joyce Jiang, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for birth parent 

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“Birth parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20parent. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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