co-parent vs maternal

co-parent

noun
  • Someone who shares in the parenting of a child or children, such as 

  • A godparent. 

  • A divorced or separated parent who shares custody with the other parent. 

  • A parent in a same-sex couple. 

verb
  • To act as a co-parent; to share custody of a child or children; to share in the responsibility of parenting a child or children. 

maternal

noun
  • A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative. 

adj
  • Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy. 

  • Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly. 

  • Related through the mother, or her side of the family. 

How often have the words co-parent and maternal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )