A man who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological father.

To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.

plural of adoptive father

plural of adoptive mother

(marketing, business) A person who begins using a product or service at or around the time it becomes available.

An adoption in which the biological mother/biological parents and the adoptive family know each other's identities, and choose to remain in contact after the adoption process is finalized.

plural of open adoption

A person who is not one's biological sibling, but was legally and socially raised as if they were.

plural of adoptive sibling

An adoption where the identity of the biological parents is kept as a secret from the child and their adoptive parents.