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

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

One is his long-estranged birth mother, who at last shows up in Alphy’s life for an auspicious celebration but may not be entirely ready to embrace him.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

Mieke Murkes was an infant when her birth mother, Okgyun, gave her up for adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

The son discovered that Carmine’s birth mother, a new arrival from Italy, died in childbirth, and his destitute father gave him up.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline