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{{Short description|Caregiver of offspring in their own species}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:François-René Moreaux - O imperador D. Pedro II, sua esposa Teresa Cristina e suas filhas, princesas Isabel e Leopoldina, 1857.JPG|thumb|The [[Brazilian imperial family]], 1857]]
A '''parent''' is either the progenitor of a child or, in [[human]]s, it can refer to a caregiver or [[legal guardian]], generally called an '''adoptive parent''' or '''step-parent'''. The [[gametes]] of a parent result in a child, a male through the sperm, and a female through the ovum. Parents who are progenitors are [[First-degree relative|first-degree relatives]] and have 50% genetic meet. A [[female]] can also become a parent through [[surrogacy]]. Some parents may be [[Adoption|adoptive]] parents, who nurture and raise an offspring, but are not related to the child. [[Orphan]]s without adoptive parents can be raised by their [[grandparent]]s or other [[family member]]s.
A parent can also be elaborated as an [[ancestor]] removed one [[generation]]. With recent medical advances, it is possible to have more than two biological parents.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23079276 | title = UK government backs three-person IVF | access-date = 30 June 2013| work = BBC News | date = 2013-06-28 | last1 = Gallagher | first1 = James }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=[[Nadine Taub]]|title=The Law of Sex Discrimination|author2=Beth Anne Wolfson|author3=Carla M. Palumbo|page=374}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = Browne C. Lewis | date = 2012 | title = Papa's Baby: Paternity and Artificial Insemination | page = 136}}</ref> Examples of [[Third-party reproduction|third biological parents]] include instances involving surrogacy or a third person who has provided DNA samples during an assisted reproductive procedure that has altered the recipients' genetic material.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Reproductive Technologies | page =25 | author = Louise I. Gerdes |date = 2009}}</ref>
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=== Father ===
{{main article|Father}}
[[File:Timothy L. Pesto and Kaitlyn E. Pesto play football as their father watches, Tuscaloosa, Alabama LCCN2010638252.
A father is a male parent of any type of offspring.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/father |title=TheFreeDictionary |access-date=2014-10-07}}</ref> It may be the person who shares in the raising of a child or who has provided the biological material, the [[sperm]], which results in the birth of the child.
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