Related Words for adoptive parent

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foster parent
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Name, Name, Name
adoption
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Noun
adopted
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Verb
foster mother
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Name, Name
foster father
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Name, Name
surrogate mother
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Phrase, Noun
parental
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Adjective
foster child
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Name, Name
stepparent
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Noun
foster care
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Name, Name
fostering
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Noun
parentage
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Noun
parenthood
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Noun
foster home
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Name, Name
surrogate
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Noun
adoptees
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Noun
maternal
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Adjective
grandparent
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Noun
surrogacy
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Noun
mothering
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Noun
fatherhood
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Noun
custody
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Noun
guardianship
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Noun
babysitter
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Noun
nurturance
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Noun
familial
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Adjective
caregiver
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Noun
grandchild
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Noun
paternity
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Noun
support system
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Phrase, Noun
domestic partner
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Phrase, Noun
upbringing
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Noun
nurturing
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Noun
genetically
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Adverb
babysitting
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Noun
stepfather
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Noun
visitation
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Noun
conceived
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Verb
offspring
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Noun
compassionate
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Adjective
immediate family
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Phrase, Noun
biological
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Adjective
procreative
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Noun
social worker
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Name, Name
inherited
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Verb
conception
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Noun
family
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Noun
family name
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Phrase, Noun
father figure
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Phrase, Noun
pregnant
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Adjective
therapist
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Noun
fraternal twin
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Name, Name
childcare
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Noun
gestational
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Adjective
abusive
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Adjective
adaptable
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Adjective
adult
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
affiliation
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Noun
align
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Verb
amount
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Noun, Verb
ancestor
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Noun, Verb
ancestral
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Adjective, Noun
array
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Noun, Verb
associate
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
authority
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Noun
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basic
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Adjective, Noun
basis
/x
Noun
belonging
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Noun
beneficiary
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Noun, Adjective
bereaved
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Adjective
bicultural
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Adjective, Noun
biracial
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Adjective, Noun
boarders
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Noun
breadwinner
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Noun
breast
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Noun, Verb
bring up
//
Phrase, Verb
brothers
/x
Verb
carers
/x
Noun
caretaker
/xx
Noun, Adjective
carrier
/xx
Noun
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
child
/
Noun, Verb
clearinghouse
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Noun
client
/x
Noun
conflicted
x/x
Adjective
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cousin
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Noun, Verb
cradle
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Noun, Verb
dad
/
Noun, Verb
define
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Verb, Noun
dependents
x/x
Noun
dies
/
Noun
display
x/
Noun, Verb
divorced
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Adjective
document
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Noun, Verb
dominant
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Adjective, Noun
dummy
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
dysfunctional
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Adjective
editable
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Adjective
elementary
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
elite
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Noun, Adjective
female
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Adjective, Noun
fillers
/x
Noun
godfather
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Noun, Verb
grandfather
/xx
Noun, Verb
grandmother
/xx
Noun
guiding
/x
Noun
hierarchical
x/xx
Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
homemakers
/xx
Adverb
husband
/x
Noun, Verb
id
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
identifier
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Noun
index
/x
Noun, Verb
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
input
/x
Noun, Verb
interracial
xx/x
Adjective
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
keyword
/x
Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
kin
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
kinsman
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Noun
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lease
/
Noun, Verb
lessees
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Noun
lodgers
/x
Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
mam
/
Noun
mama
/x
Noun
married
/x
Adjective, Noun
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
maternity
x/xx
Noun
mates
/
Noun, Adjective
matrices
/xx
Noun
membership
/xx
Noun, Verb
mom
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
mommy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
monarch
/x
Noun
monogamous
x/xx
Adjective
motherland
/xx
Noun
mum
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
native
/x
Adjective, Noun
neglectful
x/x
Adjective
nursery
/xx
Noun
occupants
/xx
Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
originates
x/xx
Verb, Noun
overprotective
xxx/x
Adjective
overriding
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
padre
/x
Noun
palestine
/xx
Name
partner
/x
Noun, Verb
paternal
x/x
Adjective
person
/x
Noun, Verb
polygamous
x/xx
Adjective
predominant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
priest
/
Noun, Verb
primary
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
prime
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
principal
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Adjective, Noun
progenitor
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Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
reform
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
related
x/x
Adjective
relation
x/x
Noun
relative
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
retrieve
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Verb, Noun
reverend
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Noun, Adjective
roommate
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Noun
sacrosanct
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Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
senior
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Adjective, Name
sibling
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Noun
sister
/x
Noun, Verb
source
/
Noun, Verb
sponsor
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Noun, Verb
spouse
/
Noun, Verb
staff
/
Noun, Verb
stem
/
Noun, Verb
stepfamily
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Noun
subsidiary
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Noun, Adjective
substituting
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Noun
supervision
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Noun
taxpayer
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Noun
teacher
/x
Noun
teenage
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Adjective, Noun
tether
/x
Noun, Verb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
trustees
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Noun
trusteeship
x/x
Noun
tutelage
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Noun
tutelary
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Adjective, Noun
umbrella
x/x
Noun, Verb
unmarried
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Adjective, Noun