Father
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A father (also called dad or daddy) is a male parent. Most human beings are born from a mother and a father. The father of a person's husband or wife is their father-in-law. Fathers determine the gender of their child through a sperm cell which either contains an X chromosome (female), or Y chromosome (male).
Father Media
Paternal love (1803) by Nanette Rosenzweig, National Museum in Warsaw
Painter Carl Larsson playing with his laughing daughter Brita
Paternal bonding between a father and his newborn daughter
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil with his daughter Isabel, Princess Imperial, c. 1870. She acted as regent of the Empire of Brazil for three times during her father's absences abroad.