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{{short description|Male parent}} {{pp-semi|small=yes}} {{redirect-several|Father|Dad|Daddy|Fatherhood}} [[File:Father's love (cropped).jpg|thumb|Father and child]] A '''father''' is the [[male]] [[parent]] of a [[child]]. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. A '''biological father''' is the male genetic contributor to the creation of the [[infant]], through [[sexual intercourse]] or [[sperm donation]]. A biological father may have legal obligations to a child not raised by him, such as an obligation of monetary support. An '''adoptive father''' is a man who has become the child's parent through the legal process of [[adoption]]. A '''putative father''' is a man whose biological relationship to a child is alleged but has not been established. A '''[[stepfather]]''' is a non-biological male parent married to a child's preexisting parent and may form a family unit but generally does not have the legal rights and responsibilities of a parent in relation to the child. The [[adjective]] "paternal" refers to a father and comparatively to "maternal" for a [[mother]]. The [[verb]] "to father" means to procreate or to sire a child from which also derives the noun "fathering". Biological fathers determine the sex of their child through a [[sperm]] cell which either contains an [[X chromosome]] (female), or [[Y chromosome]] (male).<ref>[http://www.uic.edu/classes/bms/bms655/lesson6.html HUMAN GENETICS, MENDELIAN INHERITANCE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001027202429/http://www.uic.edu/classes/bms/bms655/lesson6.html |date=2000-10-27 }} retrieved 25 February 2012</ref> Related [[term of endearment|terms of endearment]] are ''dad'' (''dada'', ''daddy''), ''baba, papa'', ''pappa'', papasita, (''pa'', ''pap'') and ''pop''. A male role model that children can look up to is sometimes referred to as a ''father-figure''.
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