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He May Have Been Your Father, Boy, but He Wasn’t Your Daddy

Ben in Traverse City, Michigan, was adopted as a child and met his biological parents as an adult. He’s quite fond of them both, and refers to them as his bio mom and bio dad. Is there a better term for your biological parents vs. the ones who raised you? Other options include birth mom and birth dad. Anthropologists use the terms genitrix and genitor or mater and pater. When talking with very young adoptees, some people prefer specifying the biological mom as the tummy mummy. This is part of a complete episode.

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