birthfamily

English

Etymology

From birth +‎ family.

Noun

birthfamily (plural birthfamilies)

1. Biological family.
   • 1999, Ruth G. McRoy, “Introduction”, in Special Needs Adoptions: Practice Issues, New York, N.Y., London: Garland Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 3:

     The majority of the children placed in foster care come from birthfamilies who are poor.

   • 2001, Peter K. Gerlach, Build a High-nurturance Stepfamily: A Guidebook for Co-parents (a Divorce-Prevention Series; volume 4), Xlibris, page 364:

     Help minor and grown biokids grieve (normal) fantasies and dreams of bioparent and birthfamily reunions.

   • 2009, James L. Gritter, Hospitious Adoption, CWLA Press, →ISBN, pages 157–158:

     I think most birthfamilies long for higher levels of hospitality, but not all. My claim that the needs of children are best met by adoptions that feature hospitality directly challenges those birthfamilies who “just want to move on.”

Synonyms

• biofamily