birth mother

British  

noun

1. the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child

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birth mother

The ad features Acton’s birth mother, with whom Acton has been estranged since she was 12, calling her daughter a liar.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

El-Sayed has said he was raised by his stepmother and has never discussed the matter with his birth mother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

It had been sent by his adopted parents to his birth mother days after his adoption.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

He learned his birth mother was buried in a pauper’s grave at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Santa Rosa, with “nothing to mark her grave but an upside-down horseshoe that has her name in it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

“Technically, if you include my birth mother, I have three.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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