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  2. Parent - Wikipedia

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    Obama family portrait, 2011. A person's biological parents are the persons from whom the individual inherits their genes.The term is generally only used if there is a need to distinguish an individual's parents from their biological parents, For example, an individual whose father has remarried may call the father's new wife their stepmother and continue to refer to their mother normally ...

  3. Relative outcomes of parenting by biological and adoptive parents

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    Research into relative outcomes of parenting by biological and adoptive parents has produced a variety of results. When socioeconomic differences between two-biological-parent and two-adoptive-parent households are controlled for, the two types of families tend to invest a similar amount of resources. [ 1 ]

  4. Parenting - Wikipedia

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    Parents also teach their children health, hygiene, and eating habits through instruction and by example. Parents are expected to make decisions about their child's education. Parenting styles in this area diverge greatly at this stage, with some parents they choose to become heavily involved in arranging organized activities and early learning ...

  5. Father - Wikipedia

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    A biological father is the male genetic contributor to the creation of the infant, through sexual intercourse or sperm donation. A biological father may have legal obligations to a child not raised by him, such as an obligation of monetary support. An adoptive father is a man who has become the child's parent through the legal process of adoption.

  6. Adoption - Wikipedia

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    Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation , from the biological parents to the adoptive parents.

  7. Kinship care - Wikipedia

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    Kinship care is a term used in the United States and Great Britain for the raising of children by grandparents, other extended family members, and unrelated adults with whom they have a close family-like relationship such as godparents and close family friends because biological parents are unable to do so for whatever reason.

  8. Biological parent - Wikipedia

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    From a more specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a more specific name to a less specific, more general one.. It may be a more specialized term, include extraneous identifiers, or simply be worded more narrowly.

  9. Genealogical DNA test - Wikipedia

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    Autosomal DNA combined with genealogical research has been used by adoptees to find their biological parents, [53] to find the name and family of unidentified bodies, [54] [55] and by law enforcement agencies to apprehend criminals [56] [57] (for example, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office used the "open-source" genetic ...