Each such child remained illegitimate as to her male parent, only. The eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent. Hormone levels in the male parent affect the sex ratio of sperm in humans. After spawning the male parent guards and fans the eggs. A father is the male parent of a child. Father is the male parent of a child. Its eggs are laid in large quantities, and are guarded by the male parent. A father is a male parent of any type of offspring. Because of this, it will generally serve as the male parent of any hybrid progeny. The remaining male parent ragas, namely Malkaus, Hindol, Deepak and Megh have been excluded. The male parent assists in feeding fledglings and will also feed the female during nesting. The male parent, presumably, was a wild vine of "Vitis aestivalis". The male parent units are Cummins, East Arkansas, Grimes, Tucker, and Varner. A stepfather or stepdad is a non-biological male parent married to one's preexisting parent.