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Genitor is Latin for a father or parent, the one who begot the child; genitrix or genetrix is the mother.
Genitor means the one who begot a child: dictionaries give parent, father and begetter. The feminine form is genitrix, also spelled genetrix.
Wiktionary lists pater as a synonym, so genitor can stand in a record where you expect pater; genitrix then stands for mater, the mother.
As seen in a recordLatin baptism register, Austria, 1830s
Genitor: Simon Wendlhuber, faber; genitrix: Barbara nata Kolbinger
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