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.
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
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.
All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.