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.
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.
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
A surrogate parent
An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
A parent company.
One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
The source or origin of something.
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
To act as parent, to raise or rear.